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. 2017 Aug 24;61(9):e00535-17. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00535-17

TABLE 4.

Tested antimicrobial agents and dilution ranges

Antimicrobial Companya Order no. Dilution range (mg/liter)
Breakpoint (mg/liter)b Stock concn (mg/ml), diluentc
B. burgdorferi sensu lato Relapsing-fever Borrelia strains
Amoxicillin Centrafarm 14029596 0.25–128 0.25–128 ≤4 8.89, PBS
Doxycycline Sigma-Aldrich D3447 0.03–8 0.004–2 ≤4 44.4, DMSO
Ceftriaxone Sigma-Aldrich PHR1382 0.008–4 0.008–4 ≤8 4.44, PBS
Azithromycin Sigma-Aldrich PHR1088 0.0001–0.05 0.0001–0.05 ≤2 5.56, DMSO
Amikacin Sigma-Aldrich A1774 2–1,024 2–1,024 ≤16 11.26, MKP
a

Locations: Centrafarm, Etten-Leur, the Netherlands; Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA.

b

According to the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute.

c

PBS, phosphate-buffered saline; DMSO, dimethyl sulfoxide; MKP, modified Kelly-Pettenkofer medium. The DMSO concentrations used in our studies did not influence Borrelia viability (data not shown).