TABLE 1.

MICs of the isolates investigated

Clinical isolate	Isolation site	No. of isolates	MIC (mg/liter)
			FAM	FOM	TGC	VAN	DAP
S. aureus	Prosthetic joint infection	13	1 (0.5-64)a	4 (0.25-64)	0.125 (0.01-0.25)	0.5 (0.5-1)	0.125 (0.06-0.5)
CoNS	Prosthetic joint infection	6	1 (0.25-2)	16 (4-64)	0.06 (0.01-0.25)	2 (1-2)	0.125 (0.06-0.25)
S. aureus	Preoperative skin	1	0.25	64	0.06	0.5	0.125
CoNS	Preoperative skin	14	0.25 (0.06-16)	32 (0.5-64)	0.03 (0.01-0.5)	0.75 (0.5-2)	0.250 (0.01-0.25)
Control strains
SEK8	Skin of healthy control		0.25	16	0.125	1	0.25
ATCC 29213	Reference strain		0.5	4	0.06	0.5	0.125
DSM3269	Reference strain		0.5	1	0.5	2	0.25

^aValues in parentheses are the MIC₅₀ ranges for the clinical isolates.