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. 2015 Oct 21;5:15443. doi: 10.1038/srep15443

Table 1. Drug sensitivity testing of M. bovis BCG strains.

BCG strains Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC, μg/ml)
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.