Table 1.

Antibiotic susceptibility profiles of the different Staphylococcus epidermidis strains used in the study.

	ATCC 35984	Se30	SeBER	SeNOC	SeVIC
Ciprofloxacin	NT	≥8a	NTb	NT	NT
Clindamycin	≥4	≥8	0.5	≤0.25	≤0.25
Daptomycin	0.5	NT	NT	NT	NT
Erythromycin	≥8	≥8	≥8	≥8	≤0.25
Fosfomycin	NT	≤8	≤8	≤8	≤8
Fusidic Acid	≤0.5	≥32	≤0.5	≤0.5	≤0.5
Gentamicin	8	≥16	≤0.5	≤0.5	8
Levofloxacin	≤0.12	≥8	≥8	4	≤0.12
Linezolid	2	NT	2	1	1
Norfloxacin	NT	≥16	NT	NT	NT
Nitrofurantoin	NT	≤16	≤16	≤16	≤16
Oxacillin	≥4	≥4	≥4	≥4	≥4
Penicillin G	NT	≥0.5	≥0.5	≥0.5	≥5
Rifampicin	≤0.03	≤0.5	≤0.5	≤0.5	≤0.5
Teicoplanin	4	NT	4	4	4
Tetracycline	≤1	2	2	≥16	≤1
Tigecycline	≤0.12	NT	≤0.12	0.5	≤0.12
Tobramycin	NT	≥16	≥16	≤1	2
Trimethoprim/ Sulfamethoxazole	80	≥320	≤10	≤10	≤10
Vancomycin	2	NT	2	1	2

^aThe numbers are the MIC values expressed in μg/ml; ^bNT, Not Tested.