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. 2019 Jun 25;57(7):e02072-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02072-18

TABLE 1.

Comparison of ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin MIC breakpoints

Gram-negative organism and FQ MIC breakpoints (μg/ml)a
2019 CLSI breakpoints (4) 2018 CLSI breakpoints (48) EUCAST breakpoints (5)
Enterobacteriaceae
    Ciprofloxacin S, ≤0.25; I, 0.5; R, ≥1 S, ≤1; I, 2; R, ≥4 S, ≤0.25; R, >0.5
    Levofloxacin S, ≤0.5; I, 1; R, ≥2 S, ≤2; I, 4; R, ≥8 S, ≤0.5; R, >1
P. aeruginosa
    Ciprofloxacin S, ≤0.5; I, 1; R, ≥2 S, ≤1; I, 2; R, ≥4 S, ≤0.5; R, >0.5
    Levofloxacin S, ≤1; I, 2; R, ≥4 S, ≤2; I, 4; R, ≥8 S, ≤1; R, >1
a

S, susceptible; I, intermediate; R, resistant.