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. 2007 Dec;3(6):1059–1070.

Table 1.

In vitro susceptibilities of select aerobic and anaerobic organisms to tigecyclinea

Organism No. of isolates MIC90b MIC rangeb % Susceptiblec References
Staphylococcus aureus 8765 0.5 ≤0.016–1 99.4 (Sader et al 2005)
 MSSA 813 0.12 0.015–0.5 100 (Waites et al 2006)
 MRSA 879 0.25 0.03–0.5 100 (Waites et al 2006)
 VISA 19 0.5 0.06–1 NAd (Petersen et al 2002)
Staphylococci, coagulase-negative (CoNS) 3570 0.5 ≤0.016–2 97.5 (Sader et al 2005)
CoNS, methicillin susceptible 71 0.5 0.03–1 NAd (Fritsche, Sader et al 2005)
CoNS, methicillin resistant 189 0.5 ≤0.12–2 NAd (Fritsche, Sader et al 2005)
S. pneumoniae 605 ≤0.12 ≤0.12–1 --e (Sader et al 2005)
S. pneumoniae, penicillin susceptible 279 0.5 NAd NAd (Hoban et al 2005)
S. pneumoniae, penicillin-resistant 54 0.25 NAd NAd (Hoban et al 2005)
Streptococci, β-hemolytic 769 ≤0.12 ≤0.12–0.5 99.7 (Sader et al 2005)
Streptococci, viridans group 378 ≤0.12 ≤0.12–0.05 98.1 (Sader et al 2005)
Enterococci spp. 3258 0.25 ≤0.016–2 92.7 (Sader et al 2005)
Enterococcus spp.-vancomycin susceptible 466 0.5 ≤0.12–1 NAd (Fritsche, Sader et al 2005)
Enterococcus spp.-vancomycin resistant 39 0.25 0.03–0.5 NAd (Fritsche, Sader et al 2005)
Nocardia spp. 51 4 ≤0.06–8 NAd (Cercenado et al 2007)
Escherichia coli 3217 0.25 0.03–4 >99.9 (Sader et al 2005)
 ESBL-producing E.coli 115 0.38 0.047–0.75 NAd (Sorlozano et al 2006)
Klebsiella pneumonia 1334 2 ≤0.008–8 95 (Waites et al 2006)
 ESBL-producing 126 2 0.12–8 92.1 (Waites et al 2006)
K. pneumoniae
Klebsiella oxytoca 248 1 0.06–4 98.8 (Waites et al 2006)
Enterobacter aerogenes 419 1 0.06–8 95.7 (Waites et al 2006)
Enterobacter cloacae 1089 2 ≤0.008–8 93 (Waites et al 2006)
Haemophilus influenzae 336 0.25 NAd --e (Hoban et al 2005)
H. influenzae, β-lactamase positive 93 0.25 NAd --e (Hoban et al 2005)
Moraxella catarrhalis 54 0.5 NAd --e (Gales et al 2005)
Serratia marscens 658 1 0.012–8 97 (Waites et al 2006)
Citrobacter spp. 252 0.5 NAd 86.9 (Fritsche, Strabala et al 2005)
Acinetobacter baumannii 851 1 0.03-8 --e (Waites et al 2006)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1338 ≥32 ≤0.008–≥32 --e (Waites et al 2006)
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia 203 2 0.12–8 --e (Sader et al 2005)
Burkholderia cepacia 21 16 0.25–32 --e (Cheng et al 2005)
Campylobacter jejuni 108 4 0.12–16 --e (Rodriguez-Avial et al 2006)
Campylobacter coli 8 16 0.5–16 --e (Rodriguez-Avial et al 2006)
Proteus mirabilis 320 4 0.25–16 46.9 (Sader et al 2005)
Bacteroides fragilis 2721 8 0.06–32 94.9 (Snydman et al 2007)
Bacteroides fragilis group 5225 8 0.06–64 95.7 (Snydman et al 2007)
B. distasonis 274 8 0.25–32 97.9 (Snydman et al 2007)
B. ovatus 545 8 0.125–16 96.7 (Snydman et al 2007)
B. thetaiotaomicron 978 8 0.25–32 96.4 (Snydman et al 2007)
B. vulgatus 306 4 0.25–16 98.4 (Snydman et al 2007)
C. perfringens 51 1.0 ≤0.06–2 NAd (Bradford et al 2005)
Clostridium difficile 12 0.06 0.06 NAd (Goldstein et al 2006)
Fusobacterium varium 13 0.25 0.06–0.25 NAd (Goldstein et al 2006)
Lactobacillus spp. 15 0.5 0.06–1 NAd (Goldstein et al 2006)
a

Adapted with permission from (Townsend ML et al 2006. Tigecycline: a new glycylcycline antimicrobial. Int J Clin Pract, 60:1662–72. Blackwell Publishing.)

b

MIC = minimum inhibitory concentration.

c

According to CLSI criteria.

d

NA = not available.

e

No CLSI criteria available.