Fig. 2.

Influence of infection time and inoculum on the efficacy of daptomycin at 40 mg/kg (open bars) in a 1-day infection and a prophylaxis study against planktonic (A) and adherent (B) MRSA. Inocula of the 1-day infection and prophylaxis study were 4 × 10⁴ CFU/cage and 3 × 10² to 4 × 10² CFU/cage, respectively. Saline (gray bars) served as control. In panel A, positive values denote growth and negative values killing. In panel B, efficacy against adherent MRSA is expressed as cure or prevention rate.