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. 2005 Dec 1;55(521):924–930.

Table 5.

Cultured species at baseline and their susceptibility to fusidic acid (n = 181).

Fucithalmic® n = 81 (%) Placebo n = 100 (%)
No bacterial pathogen isolated 55 (68) 65 (65)

Bacterial pathogen isolated 23(29) 35 (35)
Streptococcus pneumoniae 9 (39) 18 (51)
Staphylococcus aureus 7 (30) 6 (17)
Haemophilus influenzae 3 (13) 6 (17)
 coagulase-negative Staphylococci 3 (13) 1 (3)
 Other bacterium 1 (4) 4 (11)

Result of culture unknown 3(3) 0

Fusidic acid resistance

 Overall resistance 14 (61) 24 (69)

Streptococcus pneumoniae
  sensitive (MIC ≤1)a 0 0
  resistant (MIC >1) 9 (100) 15 (83)
  unknown 0 3 (17)

Staphylococcus aureus
  sensitive (MIC ≤1) 7 (100) 6 (100)
  resistant (MIC >1) 0 0

Haemophilus influenzae
  sensitive (MIC ≤1) 0 0
  resistant (MIC >1) 3 (100) 6 (100)

 coagulase-negative Staphylococci
  sensitive (MIC ≤1) 2 (67) 1 (100)
  resistant (MIC >1) 1 (33) 0

 Other bacterium
  sensitive (MIC ≤1) 0 1 (25)
  resistant (MIC >1) 1 (100) 3 (75)
a

All MIC values are in mg/L, MIC = minimal inhibitory concentration.