Table 1.
Organism and resistance profilea (no. of test strains) | MIC range (μg/ml) | MIC50 (μg/ml) | MIC90 (μg/ml) |
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S. aureus MRSA (67) | 0.008–2.048 | 0.032 | 0.064 |
S. aureus MSSA (48) | 0.008–2.048 | 0.032 | 0.064 |
S. aureus MRSA, inducible ERYr (1) | 1.024 | ||
S. aureus carrying cfr (1) | 1.024 | ||
S. aureus LZDr (6) | 0.250–0.500 | ||
S. epidermidis (23) | 0.008–1.024 | 0.064 | 0.128 |
E. faecium VSE (12) | 0.008–0.032 | 0.008 | 0.016 |
E. faecalis VRE (12) | 0.064–1.024 | 0.064 | 0.128 |
E. faecalis VSE (30) | 0.002–16 | 0.008 | 0.016 |
E. faecium VRE (5) | 0.008–0.008 | ||
E. faecium Dr (3) | 0.128–0.256 | ||
E. faecalis LZDr (5) | 0.128–0.256 | ||
E. faecalis GMr (6) | 0.128–0.512 | ||
E. faecalis Dr (3) | 0.256–0.512 | ||
Clinical VRE species (16) | 0.004–0.128 | 0.008 | 0.064 |
Bacillus spp. (6) | 0.004–0.016 |
MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MSSA, methicillin-sensitive S. aureus; ERYr, erythromycin resistant; LZDr, linezolid resistant; VRE, vancomycin-resistant enterococci; VSE, vancomycin-susceptible enterococci; Dr, doxycycline-resistant; GMr, gentamicin-resistant; cfr, gene that mediates the resistance phenotype (includes resistance to oxazolidinones, pleuromutilins-phenicols, lincosamides, streptogramin A antibiotics, etc.).