TABLE 3.
Aminoglycoside susceptibilities of ΔmexXY derivatives of clinical P. aeruginosa strains
| Strain | MIC (μg/ml)a
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| AMI | GEN | KAN | LIV | NEO | PAR | SPC | STR | TOB | ERY | TET | NOR | |
| K767 | 2 | 4 | 128 | 16 | 64 | 512 | 1,024 | 16 | 1 | 512 | 16 | 0.5 |
| K1525 | 1 | 2 | 64 | 4 | 16 | 32 | 128 | 2 | 1 | 128 | 16 | 0.5 |
| ΔMICb | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| K2152 | 8 | 8 | 128 | 64 | 128 | 512 | 2,048 | 32 | 4 | 512 | 32 | 1 |
| K2164 | 4 | 4 | 64 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 128 | 4 | 2 | 128 | 32 | 1 |
| ΔMIC | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| K2153 | 16 | 16 | 128 | 64 | 128 | 512 | 2,048 | 64 | 4 | 512 | 32 | 1 |
| K2165 | 2 | 4 | 64 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 128 | 8 | 4 | 128 | 128 | 1 |
| ΔMIC | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0.25 | 1 |
| K2155 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 32 | 512 | 16 | 1 | 256 | 32 | 4 |
| K2166 | 0.5 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 128 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 32 | 4 |
| ΔMIC | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| K2156 | 32 | 32 | 512 | 128 | 128 | 512 | 2,048 | 256 | 8 | 512 | 16 | 8 |
| K2167 | 1 | 4 | 64 | 4 | 16 | 32 | 64 | 4 | 1 | 256 | 16 | 4 |
| ΔMIC | 32 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 64 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| K2160 | 64 | 32 | 512 | 512 | 128 | 512 | 512 | 128 | 16 | 256 | 16 | 1 |
| K2168 | 16 | 8 | 256 | 32 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 16 | 8 | 32 | 16 | 1 |
| ΔMIC | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| K2161 | 64 | 64 | 1,024 | 256 | 512 | >2,048 | 256 | 64 | 16 | 512 | 16 | 0.5 |
| K2169 | 8 | 8 | 256 | 32 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 8 | 8 | 256 | 16 | 0.5 |
| ΔMIC | 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| K2162 | 256 | 256 | 2,048 | 2,048 | 1,024 | >2,048 | 2,048 | 256 | 64 | 512 | 32 | 2 |
| K2170 | 32 | 16 | 512 | 64 | 128 | 256 | 128 | 16 | 16 | 512 | 32 | 2 |
| ΔMIC | 8 | 16 | 4 | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| K258 | 32 | 16 | 512 | 128 | 256 | 2,048 | 2,048 | 64 | 16 | 1,024 | 64 | 1 |
| K2171 | 8 | 4 | 256 | 32 | 64 | 64 | 512 | 16 | 8 | 1,024 | 64 | 1 |
| ΔMIC | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| K2163 | 16 | 8 | 128 | 64 | 32 | 256 | 1,024 | 32 | 8 | 256 | 32 | 1 |
| K2172 | 8 | 2 | 64 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 256 | 8 | 4 | 128 | 32 | 1 |
| ΔMIC | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Abbreviations: AMI, amikacin; GEN, gentamicin; KAN, kanamycin; LIV, lividomycin; NEO, neomycin; PAR, paromomycin; SPC, spectinomycin; STR, streptomycin; TOB, tobramycin; ERY, erythromycin; TET, tetracycline; NOR, norfloxacin.
ΔMIC, ratio of MIC for the parent strain and the MIC for the corresponding ΔmexXY derivative.