TABLE 5.
Geometric mean MICs of BAL19403 and comparators for selected nonpropionibacteria
| Bacteria | No. of strains surveyed | Geometric mean (range) MIC (μg/ml)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAL19403 | Erythromycin | Clindamycin | Tetracycline | ||
| Corynebacteriaa | 19 | 0.88 (≤0.06->32) | 1.47 (≤0.06->32) | 7.97 (≤0.06->32) | 5.16 (0.25->32) |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | 12 | 4.24 (0.5->32) | 3.00 (0.125->32) | 1.12 (≤0.06->32) | 7.55 (0.125->32) |
| Staphylococcus aureusb | 18 | 4.32 (0.5->32) | 3.26 (0.25->32) | 1.16 (≤0.06->32) | 3.17 (≤0.06->32) |
| Streptococcus pyogenes | 10 | 0.19 (≤0.06-2) | 0.32 (≤0.06-8) | 0.07 (≤0.06-0.125) | 3.25 (0.25->32) |
| Group C streptococcic | 10 | 0.08 (≤0.06-0.125) | 0.14 (≤0.06-4) | 0.11 (≤0.06-0.125) | 8.00 (1->32) |
| Group G streptococcid | 10 | 0.12 (≤0.06-0.25) | 0.09 (≤0.06-0.125) | 0.12 (≤0.06-0.25) | 4.58 (≤0.06-32) |
a
The panel comprised 11 Corynebacterium jeikeium, 4 C. diphtheriae, 2 C. amycolatum, and 2 C. minutissimum isolates.
b
The panel comprised 4 methicillin-susceptible S. aureus, 11 methicillin-resistant S. aureus, and 3 borderline oxacillin-resistant S. aureus isolates.
c
The panel comprised 9 Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. dysgalactiae isolates and 1 Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus isolate.
d
The panel comprised 10 S. dysgalactiae subsp. dysgalactiae isolates.