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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017 May 2;38(7):784–791. doi: 10.1017/ice.2017.75

Table 3.

Mycobactericidal effects of oxidizing high-level disinfectants and a quaternary ammonium compound against GTA-susceptible and GTA-resistant Mycobacterium isolates in suspension tests.

Product tested Mmas
CIP 108297 (GTAS)
Mmas
CRM-0270 (GTAS)
Mmas
CRM-0019 (GTAR)
Mch
ATCC 35752 (GTAS)
Mch
9917 (GTAR)
Mch
Harefield (GTAR)
Mch
Epping (GTAR)
M. bovis
BCG (Pasteur) (GTAS)
M. avium
104 (GTAS)
M. terrae
ATCC 15755 (GTAS)
Reliance™ DG 50°C
 0 min 8.39 8.42 9.00 8.79 7.54 8.13 7.05 6.92 9.15 7.92
 2 min 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 6 min 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
S40™ 50°C
 0 min 8.63 8.73 9.11 8.58 7.75 7.92 7.91 6.92 9.15 7.92
 2 min 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 6 min 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Resert™ XL 25°C
 0 min 8.63 8.73 9.11 8.58 7.89 7.92 8.40 nd 9.15 nd
 4 min 0 3.12±0.18 3.51±0.22 0 0 4.17±0.11 0 nd 0 nd
 8 min 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 nd 0 nd
CTAB 25°C
 0 min 8.39 8.42 9.00 8.79 7.89 8.13 8.40 nd nd nd
 60 min 5.97±0.01 6.15±0.02 nd 8.33±0.02 7.61±0.03 7.97±0.04 nd nd nd nd
 1440 min 6.27 5.55±0.12 7.16±0.05 5.05±0.90 6.46±0.16 7.43±0.01 6.35±0.03 nd nd nd
Sterile Water 50°C
 0 min nd nd 8.80 nd nd 8.20 nd nd nd nd
 2 min nd nd 8.27±0.11 nd nd 7.96±0.02 nd nd nd nd
 6 min nd nd 8.24±0.13 nd nd 8.00±0.12 nd nd nd nd

See Table 1 for legend. Control suspension tests using the GTA-susceptible isolate, M. massiliense CIP 108297, confirmed the neutralizing efficacy of the neutralizing broth with each disinfectant product. The detection limit of the suspension tests is 1 CFU/mL.