Abstract
We evaluated the antimicrobial susceptibility of 1,454 organisms consecutively collected from patients with bacteremia associated with skin and skin structure infections. The most common organisms obtained wereStaphylococcus aureus(670 organisms [46.1%]),Escherichia coli(200 organisms [13.8%]), β-hemolytic streptococci (βHS) (138 organisms [9.5%]), andKlebsiella pneumoniae(109 organisms [7.5%]). The susceptibility rates for ceftaroline were 97.9% forS. aureus(95.9% among methicillin-resistantS. aureus[MRSA]), 100.0% for βHS, 86.5% forE. coli, and 89.0% forK. pneumoniae Ceftaroline and tigecycline provided the best overall coverage.