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. 2011 Jul;55(7):3631–3634. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00162-11

Table 2.

Antimicrobial activity of JNJ-Q2 and comparator antimicrobials against 511 S. aureus isolates by fluoroquinolone and methicillin resistance status

Organism (no. of isolates tested) and antimicrobial agenta MIC (μg/ml)
%S/%Rb
MIC50 MIC90 Range CLSI EUCAST
All isolates (511)
    JNJ-Q2 0.12 0.5 ≤0.008–4 —/— —/—
    Moxifloxacin 2 >16 0.03–>16 20.0/78.1 20.0/78.1
    Levofloxacin 8 >16 0.12–>16 20.0/80.0 20.0/80.0
    Ciprofloxacin 16 >16 0.12–>16 20.0/80.0 20.0/80.0
    Oxacillin >2 >2 ≤0.25–>2 29.9/70.1 29.9/70.1
    Penicillin 32 >32 ≤0.015–>32 10.0/90.0 10.0/90.0
    Erythromycin >2 >2 ≤0.25–>2 16.0/83.8 16.0/83.8
    Clindamycin ≤0.25 >2 ≤0.25–>2 70.8/28.8 70.6/29.2
    Linezolid 2 2 0.5–4 100.0/0.0 100.0/0.0
    Tetracycline ≤2 ≤2 ≤2–>8 94.9/4.5 93.5/6.5
    Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole ≤0.5 ≤0.5 ≤0.5–>2 98.2/1.8 98.2/1.8
    Daptomycin 0.5 0.5 0.12–1 100.0/— 100.0/0.0
    Vancomycin 1 1 0.5–2 100.0/0.0 100.0/0.0
FQR MRSA (308)
    JNJ-Q2 0.25 1 0.12–4 —/— —/—
    Moxifloxacin 4 >16 1–>16 0.0/97.7 0.0/97.7
    Levofloxacin 16 >16 4–>16 0.0/100.0 0.0/100.0
    Ciprofloxacin >16 >16 8–>16 0.0/100.0 0.0/100.0
    Erythromycin >2 >2 ≤0.25–>2 6.5/93.5 6.5/93.5
    Clindamycin ≤0.25 >2 ≤0.25–>2 61.7/38.0 61.4/38.3
    Linezolid 2 2 0.5–4 100.0/0.0 100.0/0.0
    Tetracycline ≤2 ≤2 ≤2–>8 95.8/3.6 93.5/6.5
    Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole ≤0.5 ≤0.5 ≤0.5–>2 98.1/1.9 98.1/1.9
    Daptomycin 0.5 0.5 0.12–1 100.0/— 100.0/0.0
    Vancomycin 1 1 0.5–2 100.0/0.0 100.0/0.0
FQR MSSA (101)
    JNJ-Q2 0.25 0.5 0.12–2 —/— —/—
    Moxifloxacin 2 8 1–>16 0.0/97.0 0.0/97.0
    Levofloxacin 8 >16 4–>16 0.0/100.0 0.0/100.0
    Ciprofloxacin >16 >16 8–>16 0.0/100.0 0.0/100.0
    Erythromycin >2 >2 ≤0.25–>2 15.8/84.2 15.8/84.2
    Clindamycin ≤0.25 >2 ≤0.25–>2 71.3/28.7 71.3/28.7
    Linezolid 2 2 1–2 100.0/0.0 100.0/0.0
    Tetracycline ≤2 ≤2 ≤2–>8 96.0/4.0 96.0/4.0
    Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole ≤0.5 ≤0.5 ≤0.5–>2 97.0/3.0 97.0/3.0
    Daptomycin 0.25 0.5 0.12–1 100.0/— 100.0/0.0
    Vancomycin 1 1 0.5–2 100.0/0.0 100.0/0.0
FQS MRSA (50)
    JNJ-Q2 ≤0.008 ≤0.008 ≤0.008–0.015 —/— —/—
    Moxifloxacin 0.06 0.06 0.03–0.12 100.0/0.0 100.0/0.0
    Levofloxacin 0.25 0.25 0.12–0.5 100.0/0.0 100.0/0.0
    Ciprofloxacin 0.5 0.5 0.25–1 100.0/0.0 100.0/0.0
    Erythromycin >2 >2 ≤0.25–>2 6.0/92.0 6.0/92.0
    Clindamycin ≤0.25 ≤0.25 ≤0.25–>2 98.0/2.0 98.0/2.0
    Linezolid 2 2 1–2 100.0/0.0 100.0/0.0
    Tetracycline ≤2 ≤2 ≤2–>8 92.0/6.0 92.0/8.0
    Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole ≤0.5 ≤0.5 ≤0.5 100.0/0.0 100.0/0.0
    Daptomycin 0.5 0.5 0.25–0.5 100.0/— 100.0/0.0
    Vancomycin 1 1 0.5–1 100.0/0.0 100.0/0.0
FQS MSSA (52)
    JNJ-Q2 ≤0.008 0.015 ≤0.008–0.015 —/— —/—
    Moxifloxacin 0.06 0.06 0.03–0.12 100.0/0.0 100.0/0.0
    Levofloxacin 0.25 0.25 0.12–0.5 100.0/0.0 100.0/0.0
    Ciprofloxacin 0.5 0.5 0.12–1 100.0/0.0 100.0/0.0
    Erythromycin ≤0.25 >2 ≤0.25–>2 82.7/17.3 82.7/17.3
    Clindamycin ≤0.25 ≤0.25 ≤0.25–1 98.1/0.0 98.1/1.9
    Linezolid 2 2 1–2 100.0/0.0 100.0/0.0
    Tetracycline ≤2 ≤2 ≤2–>8 90.4/9.6 90.4/9.6
    Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole ≤0.5 ≤0.5 ≤0.5–2 100.0/0.0 100.0/0.0
    Daptomycin 0.5 0.5 0.12–1 100.0/— 100.0/0.0
    Vancomycin 1 1 0.5–2 100.0/0.0 100.0/0.0
a

FQR, fluoroquinolone resistant; FQS, fluoroquinolone susceptible; MSSA, methicillin-susceptible S. aureus; MRSA, methicillin-resistant S. aureus.

b

S, susceptible; R, resistant. Criteria are as published by the CLSI (4) and EUCAST (5). —, no breakpoint has been established.