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. 2015 Jul 15;10(7):e0130788. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130788

Table 3. Resistance development under selective pressure of cefotaxime, meropenem, polymyxin B and C. vicina AMP complex.

Selection agent Transfers number MIC, mg/L КR * P (ANOVA)
Before selection After selection
E. coli 774.1
AMP complex 25 250±0.0 330±80 1.32 0.374
Cefotaxime 25 0.17±0.04 2.0±0.0 11.8 <0.001
E. coli 774.1
AMP complex 15 250±0.0 420±80.0 1.68 0.116
Polymyxin B 15 6.67±1.33 53.3±10.6 7.99 0.003
E. coli 863.1
AMP complex 15 420±80 500±0.0 1.19 0.374
Meropenem 15 0.125±0.0 8.0±0.0 64 <0.001
K. pneumoniae 104.2
AMP complex 25 830±170 500±0.0 0.60 0.116
Meropenem 25 0.125±0.0 16.0±0.0 128 <0.001
A. baumannii 882.2
AMP complex 35 420±0.08 500±0.0 1.19 0.374
Polymyxin B 35 2.7±0.3 8.0±0.0 2.96 0.007

*KR−ratio of MIC after selection to MIC before selection.