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. 2012 Sep 8;12:196. doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-12-196

Table 1.

Anti-pseudomonal agents in vitro activity against P. aeruginosa (n = 64) in planktonic and in biofilm conditions

Antimicrobial Agent
Range MIC/ BIC
No. of isolates inhibited by different MIC/BIC values (mg/L) (n=64)
              MIC50/ BIC50(mg/L)
MIC90/ BIC90(mg/L)
Pvalue
    ≤0.5 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 ≥256      
CAZ
0.5-256/ 0.5-256
3/5
16/10
22/11
8/1
6/3
3/6
2/4
3/4
0/4
1/12
2/8
16/256
<0.001
CIP
0.5-128/ 0.5-256
42/31
3/10
7/4
2/2
1/3
5/3
3/4
0/4
1/1
0/2
0.5/1
16/64
0.016
TOB
0.5-256/ 0.5-256
9/4
17/6
18/13
7/11
1/7
1/10
1/4
3/4
0/1
7/4
2/4
64/64
0.008
IPM
0.5-128/ 0.5-256
21/8
17/1
6/2
5/9
7/6
6/11
1/6
0/5
1/5
0/11
1/16
16/256
<0.001
MEM 0.5-64/ 0.5-256 38/21 7/0 7/18 6/7 4/10 0/0 1/2 1/0 0/1 0/5 0.5/2 4/32 <0.001

Detailed legend: CAZ - ceftazidime, CIP - ciprofloxacin, TOB - tobramycin, IPM - imipenem, MEM - meropenem, P – statistical significance (< 0.05), MIC – minimal inhibitory concentration, BIC – biofilm inhibitory concentration.