TABLE 4.

Minimum bactericidal concentrations determined by time-kill analysis

Strain	Inoculum (CFU/ml)	Minimum bactericidal concn
		BAL30376a		Meropenem
		μg/ml	Multiple of MIC	μg/ml	Multiple of MIC
A. baumannii HPA74510	2 × 104	0.5	2	>128b
	3 × 106	2	8	>128b
E. cloacae S9615	4 × 105	4	2	2	1
E. cloacae R947	1 × 105	8	4	2	4
	6 × 106	8	4	8	16
P. aeruginosa BA	1 × 105	2	2	2	4
	6 × 106	>16	>16	4	8
P. aeruginosa HPA10586	2 × 104	8	4	>128b
	7 × 106	>32	>16	>128b
P. aeruginosa 527	3 × 105	4	2	32	8
P. aeruginosa 860	4 × 104	8	2	4	2
	5 × 106	32	16	>32	>16
P. aeruginosa (560546)9 M.P.	2 × 105	2	1	2	1
	2 × 107	32	16	32	16
P. aeruginosa 143724R	8 × 106	32	4	8	2

^aExpressed as the concentration of BAL19764.

^bData represent MIC in mg/ml.