Table 2.
Distribution of MICs of tigecycline, daptomycin, and linezolid for 219 vancomycin-resistant E. faecium isolates collected from 20 hospitals in Taiwan between 2006 and 2010
| Agent | No. (cumulative %) of isolates with indicated MIC (μg/ml) |
MIC (μg/ml) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤0.03 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ≥16 | 50% | 90% | |
| Tigecycline | 116 (53) | 65 (83) | 28 (95) | 7 (99) | 2 (99) | 1 (100) | 0 (100) | 0 (100) | 0 (100) | 0 (100) | ≤0.03 | 0.12 |
| Daptomycin | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.9) | 2 (2) | 11 (7) | 32 (21) | 158 (94) | 14 (100) | 0 (100) | 0 (100) | 2 | 2 |
| Linezolid | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) | 14 (7) | 108 (56) | 96 (100) | 0 (100) | 0 (100) | 0 (100) | 1 | 2 |