Table 7.
The antibacterial activity of 8 against a Gram-positive reference and multidrug-resistant strains. MIC and MBC are expressed in mg/mL.
| Strains |
E. faecalis ATCC29212 |
E. faecium ATCC19434 |
S. aureus ATCC29213 |
E. faecalis B3/101 (VRE) |
E. faecium 1/6/63 (VRE) |
S. aureus 66/1 (MRSA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disc diffusion | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| MIC | 8 | 16 | 32 | 8 | 32 | >64 |
| MBC | >64 | >64 | 64 | >64 | >64 | >64 |
MIC, minimal inhibitory concentration; MBC, minimal bactericidal concentration; VRE, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; (-), no inhibition halo; (+), 7–9 mm inhibition halo.