Table 1. Drug sensitivity testing of M. bovis BCG strains.
BCG strains | Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC, μg/ml) |
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Streptomycin | Rifampicin | Rifabutin | Ethambutol | Isoniazid | |
Pasteur | 0.125 | 0.0005 | 0.002 | 0.5 | 1 |
Japan | 0.125 | 0.0005 | 0.002 | 0.5 | 0.25 |
Tice | 0.125 | 0.00025 | 0.002 | 0.5 | 1 |
Danish | 0.015 | 0.000125 | 0.002 | 0.5 | 0,25 |
Phipps | 0.125 | 0,001 | 0.002 | 1 | 1 |
Connaught | 0.125 | 0.000125 | 0.002 | 1 | 1 |
Prague | 0.03 | 0.000125 | 0.002 | 1 | 1.5 |
Birkhaug | — | — | — | — | — |
Frappier | 0.125 | 0.0005 | 0.002 | 1 | 1 |
Glaxo | 0.125 | 0.00025 | 0.002 | 1 | 1 |
Russia | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.03 |
Sweden | 0.03 | — | 0.002 | 0.5 | 0.015 |
Moreau | — | — | — | — | — |
China | 0.125 | 00005 | 0,002 | 1 | 1 |
The sensitivities of fourteen different BCG strains to streptomycin, rifampicin, rifabutin, ethambutol and isoniazid were determined.