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. 2015 Feb 3;70(6):1751–1756. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkv006

Table 2.

MICs of SMT19969, fidaxomicin, metronidazole and vancomycin for 82 C. difficile clinical isolates

Panel (n) Agent MIC range (mg/L) MIC50 (mg/L) MIC90 (mg/L)
Genotypically distinct (30)a SMT19969 0.06–0.125 0.125 0.125
vancomycin 1–4 2 2
metronidazole 0.25–2 0.5 2
fidaxomicin 0.008–0.125 0.03 0.06
Ribotype 001 (10) SMT19969 0.06–0.125 0.125 0.125
vancomycin 0.5–4 1 4
metronidazole 0.125–1 1 1
fidaxomicin 0.008–0.06 0.03 0.06
Ribotype 027 (11) SMT19969 0.125–0.25 0.125 0.125
vancomycin 0.5–4 1 2
metronidazole 1–2 2 2
fidaxomicin 0.03–0.06 0.06 0.06
Ribotype 106 (10) SMT19969 0.125–0.25 0.125 0.125
vancomycin 0.5–4 1 2
metronidazole 1–2 2 2
fidaxomicin 0.03–0.125 0.06 0.125
Reduced metronidazole susceptibility (21)b SMT19969 0.06–0.125 0.125 0.125
vancomycin 0.5–4 1 2
metronidazole 4–8 4 8
fidaxomicin 0.015–0.03 0.03 0.03
Overall total (82) SMT19969 0.06–0.25 0.125 0.125
vancomycin 0.5–4 1 2
metronidazole 0.125–8 2 8
fidaxomicin 0.008–0.125 0.03 0.06

aThirty distinct isolates of different PCR ribotype.

bRibotype 001.