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. 1998 Nov;42(11):2792–2798. doi: 10.1128/aac.42.11.2792

TABLE 1.

Susceptibility of strains to selected fluoroquinolones and mutations in the parC, parE, gyrA, and gyrB genes

Strains MIC (μg/ml)a of:
Amino acid substitutionb
CIP SPA CLX ParC ParE GyrA GyrB
S. pneumoniae R6, M22 0.5 0.25 0.125
S. oralis NCTC 11427T 2 0.5 0.125 ND ND
S. oralis ATCC 10557T 2 0.5 0.125 ND ND
S. oralis 3180 128 16 2 Ser-79→Phe ND Ser-81→Tyr ND
S. oralis 3870 64 8 1 Ser-79→Phe ND Ser-81→Phe ND
S. mitis NCTC 12261T 1 0.25 0.06
S. mitis 14 8 0.5 0.125 Ser-79→Ile
S. mitis 112 8 0.5 0.125 Pro-424→Gln
S. mitis 197 8 0.5 0.125 Ser-79→Phe Ser-494→Thr
S. mitis 718 16 1 0.5 Ser-79→Ile
S. mitis 720 8 1 0.5
S. mitis 888 2 0.5 0.125 ND ND
R13180C 2 ND ND Ser-79→Phe ND ND ND
R23429C/3180A 64 ND ND Ser-79→Tyr ND Ser-81→Tyr ND
R23429C/3870A 32 ND ND Ser-79→Tyr ND Ser-81→Phe ND
a

CIP, ciprofloxacin; SPA, sparfloxacin; CLX, clinafloxacin. ND, not determined. 

b

Positions of substitutions are according to the S. pneumoniae R6 coordinates (3, 24, 25, 28). —, no change.