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. 2017 May 24;19:19–27. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2017.05.006

Table 2.

Overall susceptibility of 136 Paenibacillus spp. isolates from human and environmental sources in Spain

Antibiotic MIC (mg/L)
Breakpoint (mg/L)
Percentage of isolates
Range 50a 90a Susceptibility Resistance Susceptible Intermediate Resistant
Ampicillin 0.06 to ≥256 16 ≥256 ≤0.25 ≥0.5 4.4 95.6
Cefotaxime 0.03 to ≥256 2 ≥256 ≤8 ≥64 70.6 2.2 27.2
Erythromycin 0.06 to ≥256 1 16 ≤0,5 ≥8 36.0 50.1 13,9
Minocycline ≤0.016 to 48 0.03 8 ≤4 ≥16 87.5 4.4 8.1
Gentamicin ≤0.0016 to ≥256 0.5 3 ≤4 ≥16 95.6 1.5 2.9
Cotrimoxazole 0.003 to ≥32 0.5 ≥32 ≤2 ≥4 56 44
Rifampicin 0.003 to ≥32 0.25 8 ≤1 ≥4 76.4 10.3 13.2
Vancomycin 0.03 to ≥256 3 12 ≤4 >4 78.7 21.3

MIC, minimum inhibitory concentration.

a

MICs at which 50 and 90% of the isolates were inhibited, respectively.