TABLE 2.

MICs of 14 antimicrobial agents tested against 2,539 isolates of S. pneumoniae collected from across Canada in 2002

Antimicrobial agent	No. of isolates inhibited by an MIC (μg/ml)a of:
	0.008	0.015	0.03	0.06	0.12	0.25	0.5	1	2	4	8	16	32	64	128
Penicillin				2,158*	86	40	34	55	118	46	2
Amoxicillin				2,158*	106	41	34	110	58	20	12
Ceftriaxone						2,302*	42	157	34	4
Ciprofloxacin						7*	664	1,634	166	14	11	10	19	13	1
Levofloxacin						8*	1,059	1,402	15	8	17	25	4	1
Gatifloxacin				7	549	1,883	45	5	10	26	12	1	1†
Moxifloxacin			13*	458	1,938	74	6	15	27	7	1
Gemifloxacin	414*	1,616	405	51	11	20	14	8
Tetracyclin									2,284*	13	9	28	205†
TMP-SMX							2,028*	105	74	151	148	33†
Daptomycinb					130	76	4
Erythomycin					2,177*	7	4	9	40	57	52	27	27	138
Clindamycin						2,375*	4	4	5	5	12	48	27	59
Chloramphenicol										2,483*	5	51†
Telithromcyin		2,258*	67	72	27	55	47	12	1
Linezolid						43*	545	1,802	149	1

^a*, MICs were less than or equal to the value given; †, MICs were greater than or equal to the value given.

^bOnly 210 isolates were tested.