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. 2023 Sep 8;14:1209224. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1209224

Table 2.

Broth microdilution results of the 19 P. aeruginosa isolates against ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin before and after induction of resistance.

MIC (μg/mL)
Isolates codes Before induction After induction # of passages*
Antimicrobial IG MIC (μg/mL) Ciprofloxacin Levofloxacin
PSA-154 Ciprofloxacin 0.125 256 >512 4
Levofloxacin 0.5 32 256 3
PSA-021 Ciprofloxacin <0.0625 32 1 5
Levofloxacin 0.25 16 32 4
PSA-173b Ciprofloxacin 0.25 64 64 3
Levofloxacin 0.5 16 64 3
PSA-173a Ciprofloxacin 0.25 32 64 3
Levofloxacin 0.5 16 32 3
PSA-115 Ciprofloxacin 0.125 32 64 4
Levofloxacin 0.5 8 32 3
PSA-276 Ciprofloxacin 0.125 16 16 4
Levofloxacin 0.5 32 256 3
PSA-242 Ciprofloxacin 0.25 16 16 3
Levofloxacin 0.5 8 64 3
PSA-025 Ciprofloxacin 0.125 256 512 4
Levofloxacin 0.5 4 32 3
PSA-026 Ciprofloxacin 0.25 32 64 3
Levofloxacin 0.5 16 64 3
PSA-186 Ciprofloxacin 0.125 32 128 4
Levofloxacin 0.5 32 128 3
PSA-118a Ciprofloxacin 0.25 128 >512 3
Levofloxacin 0.5 32 128 3
PSA-192 Ciprofloxacin 0.125 16 32 4
Levofloxacin 0.25 2 32 4
PSA-182 Ciprofloxacin 0.125 16 32 4
Levofloxacin 0.5 1 16 3
PSA-058 Ciprofloxacin 0.125 32 32 4
Levofloxacin 0.5 8 32 3
PSA-285b Ciprofloxacin 0.125 32 64 4
Levofloxacin 0.5 4 32 3
PSA-113a Ciprofloxacin 0.25 128 128 3
Levofloxacin 0.5 16 64 3
PSA-124 Ciprofloxacin 0.25 16 16 3
Levofloxacin 0.5 16 16 3
PSA-092 Ciprofloxacin 0.125 64 128 4
Levofloxacin 0.25 8 16 4
PSA-146b Ciprofloxacin 0.125 32 64 4
Levofloxacin 0.5 16 32 3

IG, induced against; *, each passage represents a 2-fold increase in the MIC and the numbers indicate the passages required to reach each antibiotic breakpoint.