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TABLE 3.

In vitro activity of oxazolidinones vancomycin and quinupristin/dalfopristin (Q/D) against anaerobes

	Oxazolidinones
	Linezolid			Eperezolid			Vancomycin			Q/D
Bacteria	MIC₅₀	MIC₉₀	Range	MIC₅₀	MIC₉₀	Range	MIC₅₀	MIC₉₀	Range	MIC₅₀	MIC₉₀	Range
Bacteroides fragilis	4	4	0.5-8.0	8	16	4-16	N/A	N/A	4.0-8.0	2	16	1.0-16
Clostridium difficile	2	8	2-8	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	2	0.5-4	N/A	N/A	N/A
Clostridium perfringens	2	2	0.5-2.0	2	N/A	N/A	0.5	1	0.25-1	0.25	1	N/A
Fusobacterium species	0.5	0.5	0.125-1.0	0.5	N/A	N/A	0.5	1	0.5-1.0	N/A	N/A	N/A
Peptostreptococcus species	1	2	0.5-2.0	1	1	0.5-1.0	0.5	1	0.25-1.0	0.25	1	N/A

MIC₅₀ Minimum inhibitory concentration (µg/mL) of 50% of isolates; MIC₉₀ Mininmum inhibitory concentration (µg/mL) of 90% of isolates; N/A Information not available. Adapted from references 2,21,25,27,33,35,36,37-40