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. 2003 Nov;47(11):3542–3547. doi: 10.1128/AAC.47.11.3542-3547.2003

TABLE 5.

Bactericidal activity of garenoxacin and ciprofloxacin against different strains of S. pneumoniae, S. oralis, and E. faecalis with defined mechanisms of resistancea

Strain Amino acid at position:
MIC (μg/ml)
Bactericidal activity at fourfold MIC (Δlog10 CFU/ml)
ParC
GyrA
6 h
24 h
79 85 81 84 88 GAR CIP GAR CIP GAR CIP
S. pneumoniae
    R6 S S 0.032 1 −2.1 −2.8 b
    R6Tr1 Y S 0.064 4 −2.3 −2.1
    R6Tr6 S F 0.125 2 −1.8 −2.3
    R6Tr10 Y F 1 32 −2.5 −2.2
S. oralis
    SO109922T S S 0.125 4 −1.7 −2.2 −2.4 −3
    SOB9 F S 0.25 4 −2 −1.6 −2.8 −2.7
    SOB12 F Y 1 128 −1.2 −1 −2.4 −2.4
E. faecalis
    JH2-2 S S E 0.25 2 −1.6 −1.4 −3 −2.8
    EF2 S S E 0.25 1 −0.8 −0.6 −2.2 −2.1
    EF12 I S E 0.25 4 −1.6 −1.1 −3.4 −2.1
    EF15 I S G 1 32 −1.2 −1.5 −2.9 −3
    EF22 I Y E 2 128 −2 −0.8 −2.1 −2.1
    EF37 I I E 8 256 −1 −1.4 −3.1 −2.7
a

See footnotes to Tables 2, 3, and 4 for explanations.

b

—, not determined.