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. 2003 Jun;47(6):1968–1971. doi: 10.1128/AAC.47.6.1968-1971.2003

TABLE 1.

Comparative in vitro activities of dalbavancin against anaerobic gram-positive bacteria and corynebacteria

Organism (n)a and agent In vitro activity of dalbavancin (μg/ml)
Range MIC50 MIC90
Actinomyces israelii (11)
    Dalbavancin 0.06-0.5 0.25 0.25
    Vancomycin 0.5-1 0.5 1
    Daptomycin 0.125->32 2 8
    Linezolid 0.125-16 0.5 16
    Quinupristin-dalfopristin 0.06-0.25 0.125 0.25
    Imipenem ≤0.015-0.25 ≤0.015 0.25
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 0.02-4 0.02 4
    Penicillin G 0.02-0.5 0.02 0.25
    Metronidazole 0.06->32 16 32
    Clindamycin 0.02-0.5 0.125 0.25
Actinomyces spp. (38)b
    Dalbavancin 0.03-0.5 0.025 0.5
    Vancomycin 0.25-1 0.5 1
    Daptomycin 0.02->32 4 16
    Linezolid 0.25-1 0.5 1
    Quinupristin-dalfopristin 0.06-0.5 0.125 0.25
    Imipenem ≤0.015-0.25 0.06 0.125
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 0.02-2 0.5 1
    Penicillin G 0.02-0.25 0.06 0.25
    Metronidazole 0.06->32 32 >32
    Clindamycin 0.02->32 0.125 0.5
Clostridium clostridioforme (14)
    Dalbavancin 2-8 4 8
    Vancomycin 0.25-1 0.5 1
    Daptomycin 0.25-8 2 8
    Linezolid 2-8 4 8
    Quinupristin-dalfopristin 0.5-32 0.5 8
    Imipenem 0.5-4 2 2
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 0.125->64 1 64
    Penicillin G 0.25->32 0.5 >32
    Metronidazole 0.02-0.5 0.06 0.125
    Clindamycin 0.02-2 0.25 2
Clostridium difficile (26)
    Dalbavancin 0.125-0.5 0.25 0.25
    Vancomycin 0.5-2 1 2
    Daptomycin 0.25-4 1 2
    Linezolid 1-16 2 8
    Quinupristin-dalfopristin 0.25-8 0.5 4
    Imipenem 2->16 4 16
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 4-16 8 16
    Penicillin G 1-4 2 4
    Metronidazole 0.125-1 0.25 0.5
    Clindamycin 2->32 8 >32
Clostridium innocuum (15)
    Dalbavancin 0.125-0.5 0.25 0.25
    Vancomycin 8-16 16 16
    Daptomycin 4-8 4 8
    Linezolid 2-4 2 4
    Quinupristin-dalfopristin 0.25-2 0.5 1
    Imipenem 1-2 2 2
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 0.5-4 1 2
    Penicillin G 0.25-1 0.5 0.5
    Metronidazole 0.25-1 0.5 1
    Clindamycin 0.25-32 0.5 >32
Clostridium perfringens (10)
    Dalbavancin 0.03-0.125 0.06 0.125
    Vancomycin 0.5 0.5 0.5
    Daptomycin 0.5-1 1 1
    Linezolid 1-2 2 2
    Quinupristin-dalfopristin 0.25-0.5 0.5 0.5
    Imipenem 0.06-0.25 0.125 0.25
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 0.02-0.5 0.125 0.5
    Penicillin G 0.02-0.125 0.06 0.125
    Metronidazole 0.5-2 1 2
    Clindamycin 0.06-1 1 2
Clostridium ramosum (15)
    Dalbavancin 0.25-1 1 1
    Vancomycin 1-4 4 4
    Daptomycin 8->32 32 >32
    Linezolid 4-8 8 8
    Quinupristin-dalfopristin 0.25-4 0.5 4
    Imipenem 0.125-0.5 0.25 0.5
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 0.06-1 0.125 0.5
    Penicillin G 0.02-1 0.125 1
    Metronidazole 0.5-2 1 2
    Clindamycin 0.125->32 2 >32
Clostridium spp.c (16)
    Dalbavancin ≤0.015-1 0.125 0.5
    Vancomycin 0.25->32 0.5 2
    Daptomycin 0.06-16 1 8
    Linezolid 0.5-4 1 4
    Quinupristin-dalfopristin 0.125-0.5 0.25 0.5
    Imipenem ≤0.015-2 0.125 1
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 0.02-2 0.25 2
    Penicillin G 0.02-0.5 0.125 0.5
    Metronidazole 0.02-2 0.5 2
    Clindamycin 0.02-8 0.06 4
Eubacterium spp.d (25)
    Dalbavancin 0.06-2 0.25 1
    Vancomycin 0.25-2 0.5 2
    Daptomycin 0.06->32 0.5 16
    Linezolid 0.25-8 2 4
    Quinupristin-dalfopristin 0.02-1 2 4
    Imipenem ≤0.015-0.5 0.03 0.5
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 0.02-16 0.02 16
    Penicillin G 0.02-2 0.125 2
    Metronidazole 0.02-1 0.25 1
    Clindamycin 0.02-1 0.06 0.5
Lactobacillus spp.e (23)
    Dalbavancin 0.06->32 0.5 >32
    Vancomycin 0.25->32 1 >32
    Daptomycin 0.25->32 2 >32
    Linezolid 0.5-8 4 8
    Quinupristin-dalfopristin 0.125-2 0.5 2
    Imipenem ≤0.015-8 0.125 2
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 0.02-8 0.5 2
    Penicillin G 0.02-4 0.25 1
    Metronidazole 0.5->32 >32 >32
    Clindamycin 0.02->32 0.125 2
Propionibacterium spp.f (15)
    Dalbavancin 0.03-0.5 0.25 0.5
    Vancomycin 0.5-1 0.5 1
    Daptomycin 0.5->32 1 16
    Linezolid 0.25-1 0.5 1
    Quinupristin-dalfopristin 0.06-0.25 0.06 0.2
    Imipenem ≤0.015-0.06 0.03 0.06
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 0.02-1 0.02 0.5
    Penicillin G 0.02-0.125 0.06 0.125
    Metronidazole 8->32 >32 >32
    Clindamycin 0.02-0.25 0.02 0.125
Peptostreptococcus spp.g (30)
    Dalbavancin ≤0.015-0.5 0.125 0.25
    Vancomycin 0.125-1 0.25 0.5
    Daptomycin 0.02-32 0.25 1
    Linezolid 0.5-2 0.5 2
    Quinupristin-dalfopristin 0.125-0.5 0.25 0.5
    Imipenem ≤0.015-0.25 0.03 0.125
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 0.05-8 0.05 1
    Penicillin G 0.02-4 0.125 0.25
    Metronidazole 0.125-1 0.5 1
    Clindamycin 0.02-1 0.125 0.5
Corynebacterium amycolatum (14)
    Dalbavancin 0.25-0.5 0.25 0.5
    Vancomycin 0.25-0.5 0.5 0.5
    Daptomycin 0.02-0.125 0.06 0.06
    Linezolid 0.25-0.5 0.25 0.5
    Quinupristin-dalfopristin 0.125-0.25 0.25 0.25
    Imipenem 0.03->16 0.125 >16
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 0.02-32 8 16
    Penicillin G 0.125->32 1 4
    Clindamycin 0.125->32 2 >32
Corynebacterium jeikeium (12)
    Dalbavancin 0.5 0.5 0.5
    Vancomycin 0.5 0.5 0.5
    Daptomycin 0.125-0.5 0.125 0.25
    Linezolid 0.25-0.5 0.5 0.5
    Quinupristin-dalfopristin 0.125-1 0.25 0.5
    Imipenem 0.06->16 >16 >16
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 8->64 >64 >64
    Penicillin G 0.5->32 >32 >32
    Clindamycin 1->32 >32 >32
Corynebacterium spp.h (26)
    Dalbavancin ≤0.015-1 0.25 0.5
    Vancomycin 0.25-4 0.5 1
    Daptomycin 0.02-8 0.125 8
    Linezolid 0.125-1 0.5 1
    Quinupristin-dalfopristin 0.06-2 0.25 1
    Imipenem ≤0.015-4 0.03 0.25
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 0.02-16 0.25 16
    Penicillin G 0.02-4 0.125 1
    Clindamycin 0.02->32 >32 >32
a

n = number of isolates tested.

b

Includes A. gerensceriae (n = 1), A. graevenitzii (n = 1), A. meyeri (n = 3), A. naeslundii (n = 5), A. neuii (n = 1), A. odontolyticus (n = 8), A. radingae (n = 1), A. schalii (n = 1), A. turicensis (n = 7), and A. viscosus (n = 9), as well as Arcanobacterium pyogenes (n = 1).

c

Includes C. bifermentans (n = 2), C. butyricum (n = 2), C. cadaveris (n = 2), C. cochlearium (n = 2), C. fallax (n = 2), C. glycolicum (n = 2). C. novyi A (n = 1), C. oroticum (n = 1), and C. paraputrificum (n = 2).

d

Includes E. brachy (n = 1), E. combesii (n = 1), E. contortum (n = 2), E. lentum (n = 5), E. limosum (n = 4), E. saburreum (n = 4), E. tenue (n = 1), E. timidum (n = 4), and E. yurii (n = 3).

e

Includes L. acidophilus (n = 2), L. brevis (n = 1), L. casei (n = 5), L. catenaforme (n = 3), L. fermentans (n = 2), L. jensenii (n = 1), L. minutus (n = 2), L. oris (n = 1), L. plantarum (n = 5), and L. rhamnosus (n = 1).

f

Includes P. acnes (n = 5), P. avidum (n = 4), P. granulosum (n = 5), and P. propionicus.

g

Includes P. anaerobius (n = 7) and P. asaccharolyticus (n = 6), as well as Finegoldia magna (formerly P. magnus) (n = 6), Micromonas micros (formerly P. micros) (n = 6), and P. prevotii (n = 5).

h

Includes C. accolans (n = 1), “C. aquaticum” (n = 2), C. falsenii (n = 1), C. minutissimum (n = 4), C. pseudodiphtheriticum (n = 4), C. striatum (n = 4), C. urealyticum (n = 1), Corynebacterium CDC group G (n = 1), and Corynebacterium sp. and (no good fit [n = 3]), as well as Dermabacter hominis (n = 4) and Rothia sp. (n = 1).