Table 1.

Comparison of MIC-values as determined for Atopobium vaginae by Ferris et al. [8] and Geißdörfer et al. [24] and in this study.

	This study		Geißdörfer et al. [24]a	Ferris et al. [8]b
Number of strains	9		1	3
Antimicrobial agent	MIC50c	Rangec	MICc	Rangec
Ampicillin	0.023	< 0.016 – 0.94	0.032
Ampicillin/sulbactam				0.06 – 0.25
Azitromycin	< 0.016	< 0.016 – 0.32
Bacitracin	3	1 – 4
Cefoxitin			2	2
Ceftriaxone				0.5 – 2
Cefuroxime	0.125	0.016 – 0.25	0.19
Ciprofloxacin	0.064	0.023 – 0.25
Clindamycin	< 0.016	< 0.016		< 0.015
Colistin	> 1024	> 1024
Doxycyclin	0.38	0.19 – 0.75
Imipenem			0.016	< 0.015 – 0.5
Kanamycin	12	8 – 16
Linezolid	0.047	0.016 – 0.125		0.06 – 0.25
Meropenem				< 0.015 – 0.5
Metronidazole	8	2 - > 256	>16	> 32
Moxifloxacin				0.06 – 1
Nalidixic acid	> 256	> 256
Penicillin	0.094	0.008 – 0.25	0.125
Rifampicin	< 0.002	< 0.002
Trovafloxacin				< 0.015 – 2
Vancomycin	1.5	1 – 4

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a. Tested with Etest and agar dilution method.

b. Tested with broth microdilution method for anaerobic bacteria with Brucella Broth supplemented with vitamin K (1 μg/ml), hemin (5 μg/ml) and laked horse blood (5%).

c. Data in μg/ml.