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. 2019 Mar 19;10:543. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00543

Table 2.

Antibiotic disc diffusion method.

References
Antibiotic Abbreviation Concentration μg/mL Staphylococcus spp. Enterococcus spp. Bacillus spp.
Ampicillin AMP 10 CLSI, 2013 EUCAST, 2013 Mohammadou et al., 2014
Chloramphenicol C 30 EUCAST, 2013 Liofilchem®, 2017a Mohammadou et al., 2014
Ciprofloxacin CIP 5 EUCAST, 2013 EUCAST, 2013 Banerjee et al., 2011
Gentamicin CN 10 EUCAST, 2013 Oliveira et al., 2010 Banerjee et al., 2011
Clindamycin DA 10 Liofilchem®, 2017a Liofilchem®, 2017a Liofilchem®, 2017a
Doxycycline DO 30 Liofilchem®, 2017a Liofilchem®, 2017a Liofilchem®, 2017a
Erythromycin E 15 Liofilchem®, 2017a Liofilchem®, 2017a Mohammadou et al., 2014
Kanamycin K 4 Liofilchem®, 2017a Liofilchem®, 2017a Liofilchem®, 2017a
Cephalothin KF 30 Liofilchem®, 2017a Liofilchem®, 2017a Liofilchem®, 2017a
Meropenem MEM 10 Liofilchem®, 2017a Andrews, 2007 Liofilchem®, 2017a
Oxacillin OX 5 Liofilchem®, 2017a Liofilchem®, 2017a Liofilchem®, 2017a
Tigecycline TCG 5 EUCAST, 2013 EUCAST, 2013 EUCAST, 2013
Tetracycline TE 10 EUCAST, 2013 Andrews, 2007 EUCAST, 2013
Vancomycin VA 30 EUCAST, 2013 Tamanna et al., 2014 EUCAST, 2013

For Enterococcus spp., inhibition zones from DA10, E5, K5, KF30, OX5 and for Bacillus spp., inhibition zones from DA10, DO30, K5, KF30, MEM10, OX5, TCG15, TE10 were evaluated as for Staphylococcus spp.