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. 1998 Oct;42(10):2739–2744. doi: 10.1128/aac.42.10.2739

TABLE 3.

SME of vancomycin for S. aureus and S. epidermidis strains studies in BioScreen C

Strain SME (h) at the following multiples of the MIC:
0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6
S. aureus ATCC 29213a 0.1 (0.0–0.3) 0.3 (0.1–0.4) 0.6 (0.3–1.0) 1.9 (1.1–2.9) 5.9 (3.7–9.0) NCb (7.0–15.8)
S. epidermidis ATCC 29886a 0.1 (0.0–0.3) 0.3 (0.0–0.6) 0.8 (0.0–1.3) 1.8 (1.0–2.3) 3.4 (2.0–4.3) 5.9 (3.3–7.7)
S. aureus
 1841 0.1 0.9 10.0 >13.1 >13 >13
 3028 0.1 1.0 1.7 2.7 5.6 8.1
 1011 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.3 4.6 10.7
S. epidermidis
 ATCC 29887 4.3 5.6 6.7 10.7 >10.9 >10.9
 6002 3.3 3.3 4.6 7.0 >9.9 >9.9
 5028 0.1 0.9 2.9 >14.1 >14.1 >14.1
a

For these strains, values are means (ranges). 

b

NC, not calculated.