TABLE 2.
Inhibition of bacterial growth due to MBL inhibitors
| IMBL (vol, in μl) | Mean inhibition zone size (in mm) by strain type
|
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MBL producer (n = 46) | Non-MBL producer (n = 19) | ||
| EDTA (2) | 6.0a | 6.0 | -b |
| EDTA (4) | 6.1 | 6.0 | - |
| EDTA (6) | 6.4 | 6.0 | - |
| EDTA (8) | 6.7 | 6.0 | - |
| EDTA (10) | 7 | 6.0 | - |
| MPA (2) | 7.3 | 6.3 | 0.1 |
| MPA (4) | 10.8 | 10.9 | 0.9 |
| MPA (6) | 13.5 | 14.4 | 0.78 |
| MPA (8) | 16.1 | 16.7 | 0.3 |
| MPA (10) | 18.4 | 18.2 | 0.8 |
| MAC (2) | 6.1 | 6.0 | - |
| MAC (4) | 7.6 | 7.5 | 0.76 |
| MAC (6) | 10.6 | 9.6 | 0.12 |
| MAC (8) | 12.6 | 11.7 | 0.24 |
| MAC (10) | 14.9 | 13.1 | 0.05 |
| MET (2) | 6.0 | 6.2 | - |
| MET (4) | 6.8 | 6.3 | 0.35 |
| MET (6) | 7.5 | 7.2 | 0.8 |
| MET (8) | 8.0 | 7.2 | 0.6 |
| MET (10) | 8.0 | 7.4 | 0.65 |
| PHEN (2) | 6.0 | 6.0 | - |
| PHEN (4) | 6.2 | 6.0 | - |
| PHEN (6) | 6.5 | 6.3 | 0.8 |
| PHEN (8) | 6.9 | 6.4 | 0.3 |
| PHEN (10) | 7.6 | 7.3 | 0.78 |
a
No inhibition zone was detected, since the size of the paper disk was 6 mm.
b
-, The P value could not be calculated due to a lack of variation in the means of inhibition zones.