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. 2005 Mar;43(3):1032–1036. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.3.1032-1036.2005

TABLE 2.

MICs of antimicrobial agents against Curtobacterium strainsa

Antimicrobial agent MIC (μg/ml)
Range 50% of strains 90% of strains
Amikacin 2-32 4 16
Amoxicillin 0.5-16 4 8
Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid 0.5-32 2 16
Ampicillin/sulbactam 0.5-16 2 8
Azithromycin ≤0.03-0.25 ≤0.03 0.25
Aztreonam >64 >64 >64
Cefaclor 0.5-16 1 4
Cefazolin 0.25-8 2 4
Cefepime 2-32 16 32
Cefotaxime 0.125-16 1 4
Cefotiam 0.25-8 1 4
Cefoxitin 4-32 8 32
Ceftazidime 8->64 64 >64
Ceftriaxone 0.125-16 2 4
Cefuroxime 0.25-8 2 4
Chloramphenicol 0.5-4 2 4
Ciprofloxacin 0.25-16 0.5 4
Clarithromycin ≤0.03 ≤0.03 ≤0.03
Clindamycin 0.25-2 1 2
Cotrimoxazole 4->256 16 64
Doxycycline 0.5-2 1 2
Erythromycin ≤0.03 ≤0.03 ≤0.03
Fosfomycin >256 >256 >256
Fusidic acid 2-16 8 8
Gentamicin 0.25-4 1 4
Imipenem 0.06-64 1 32
Meropenem 0.125-16 1 4
Minocycline 0.5-2 1 2
Netilmicin 2-16 8 16
Ofloxacin 0.5-16 1 8
Oxacillin 2-64 16 32
Penicillin 0.125-4 1 4
Piperacillin 8-128 32 128
Rifampin ≤0.03 ≤0.03 ≤0.03
Teicoplanin 0.125-1 0.25 0.5
Tetracycline 4-8 4 8
Tobramycin 4-32 16 16
Vancomycin 0.5-1 0.5 1
a

Fourteen strains (see Table 1, excluding C. plantarum) were included.