Table 2.

MIC ranges, MIC₅₀ and MIC₉₀ values for tedizolid and linezolid against the 286 isolates of Nocardia species.

Species (no. of isolates tested) and antimicrobial	MIC (μg/ml)
	Range	MIC50	MIC90
All (286 isolates)
Tedizolid	0.06–4	0.25	0.5
Linezolid	0.25–4	2	2
N. farcinica complexa (67 isolates)
Tedizolid	0.12–0.5	0.5	0.5
Linezolid	0.5–2	2	2
N. cyriacigeorgica (46 isolates)
Tedizolid	0.25–1	0.5	0.5
Linezolid	1–4	2	2
N. nova complexb (45 isolates)
Tedizolid	0.12–0.5	0.25	0.5
Linezolid	0.5–2	1	2
N. abscessus complexc (39 isolates)
Tedizolid	0.12–4	0.25	0.25
Linezolid	0.5–4	1	2
N. brasiliensis (18 isolates)
Tedizolid	0.5–1	0.5	1
Linezolid	2–4	2	4
N. transvalensis complexd (16 isolates)
Tedizolid	0.25–0.5	0.25	0.5
Linezolid	1–2	1	2
N. otitidiscaviarum (13 isolates)
Tedizolid	0.12–0.5	0.5	0.5
Linezolid	0.5–2	2	2
Other species (42 isolates)
Tedizolid	0.06–0.5	0.25	0.5
Linezolid	0.5–2	1	2

^aN. farcinica and N. kroppenstedtii were included in the N. farcinica complex, ^bN. africana, N. aobensis, N. elegans, N. kruczakiae, N. nova, N. vermiculata and N. veterana were included in the N. nova complex, ^cN. abscessus, N. arthritidis, N. asiatica, N. sputorum, and N. beijingensis were included in the N. abscessus complex, ^dN. blacklockiae, N. transvalensis, and N. wallacei were included in the N. transvalensis complex.