TABLE 2.
Determination of the MIC of acidified nitrite with an exposure time of 10 min for M. ulcerans isolate 1
| Concn (mM) of:
|
Viable counts (log10 CFU/ml)a after exposure for:
|
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|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium nitrite | Citric acid | 0 min | 10 min |
| 400 | 200 | 7.72 | <2 |
| 40 | 20 | 7.72 | <2 |
| 0 | 20 | 7.72 | 7.11 |
| 4 | 2 | 7.72 | 7.25 |
| 0 | 2 | 7.72 | 7.18 |
Mean results after 28 days of incubation. <2, no growth was observed on plates inoculated with 0.1 ml of the 10-times-diluted M. ulcerans suspension.