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. 2013 Nov;51(11):3804–3810. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01432-13

Table 5.

MICs of Gram-positive anaerobic bacteria isolated from dogs, cats, and horses

Organism(s) and antibiotic(s) No. of isolates tested MIC (μg/ml)
<0.016 0.016 0.023 0.032 0.047 0.064 0.094 0.125 0.19 0.25 0.38 0.5 0.75 1 1.5 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 >48
Clostridium difficile
    Amoxicillin-clavulanate 8 2 1 1 1 2 1
    Ampicillin 5 1 1 1 1 1
    Chloramphenicol 14 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
    Clindamycin 7 1 1 1 2 1 1
    Metronidazole 14 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1
    Penicillin 13 1 2 3 1 1 3 2
Clostridium perfringens
    Amoxicillin-clavulanate 34 3 6 7 4 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
    Ampicillin 23 2 7 4 1 1 1 2 3 2
    Chloramphenicol 62 1 1 6 18 32 4
    Clindamycin 39 1 3 4 3 2 2 1 1 5 6 2 4 2 1 1 1
    Metronidazole 62 2 2 1 2 3 4 14 12 16 1 2 2 1
    Penicillin 62 2 12 14 12 1 7 5 1 1 1 1 3 1 1
Clostridium spp.
    Amoxicillin-clavulanate 35 1 1 3 4 6 2 1 4 4 3 2 1 2 1
    Ampicillin 15 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 1
    Chloramphenicol 55 1 1 2 4 4 8 14 8 6 2 2 1 1 1
    Clindamycin 40 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 6 1 7 5 1 1 1 3
    Metronidazole 57 2 2 5 6 3 8 4 3 4 5 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4
    Penicillin 56 3 4 4 3 3 2 5 7 4 4 5 4 2 3 1 2
Peptostreptococcus spp.
    Amoxicillin-clavulanate 10 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1
    Ampicillin 7 2 3 1 1
    Chloramphenicol 15 2 3 2 1 4 2 1
    Clindamycin 8 1 1 3 1 1 1
    Metronidazole 17 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2
    Penicillin 17 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2
Gram-positive cocci
    Amoxicillin-clavulanate 3 1 1 1
    Ampicillin 2 1 1
    Chloramphenicol 5 1 2 1 1
    Clindamycin 3 1 1 1
    Metronidazole 5 1 1 1 1 1
    Penicillin 5 2 1 1 1
Gram-positive rods
    Amoxicillin-clavulanate 9 1 2 2 3 1
    Ampicillin 3 1 1 1
    Chloramphenicol 14 1 1 1 2 1 5 1 1 1
    Clindamycin 10 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
    Metronidazole 13 1 2 1 3 3 1 1 1
    Penicillin 14 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Total
    Amoxicillin-clavulanate 99 1 6 9 13 10 7 5 10 9 10 3 5 3 2 4 2
    Ampicillin 55 3 7 4 3 3 3 6 4 5 7 3 2 2 2 1
    Chloramphenicol 165 1 1 1 1 2 6 10 7 14 29 34 41 9 2 1 2 1 3
    Clindamycin 107 3 3 4 3 4 8 4 3 2 3 2 5 1 2 9 15 3 12 9 2 2 1 7
    Metronidazole 168 1 2 3 4 11 10 7 9 11 8 13 15 15 15 19 7 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 6
    Penicillin 167 4 6 6 8 17 22 19 16 15 13 7 9 4 3 5 1 4 1 3 1 1 2