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. 2019 Oct 10;9:14658. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-50746-4

Table 2.

Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations against Gram-Positive bacteria measured under aerobic conditions, µg/mL.

Anti-acne
agent
Bacteria
antibiotics non-antibiotics
Vancomycin Tetracycline Erythromycin Oxacillin Clindamycin Dapsone Salicylic acid Azelaic acid Benzoyl peroxide 75%
Staphylococci

S. aureus, MSSA

ATCC 25923

1 0.25–0.5 1 0.125–0.25 0.125 256 32000 16000 >2048–2048

S. aureus, MSSA

ATCC 29213

1 0.5 1 0.25–0.125 0.06–0.03 512–1024 64000 16000 2048

S. aureus, MRSA

ATCC 43300

1 0.25 >32 16 >32 128–256 32000 16000 2048

S. aureus, MRSA

ATCC 33591

1 >32 >32 >64 >32 >4100 64000 16000 ≥2048

S. aureus, GISA

NRS1

4 32 >32 >64 >32 256–512 32000 8000 2048

S. aureus, VRSA

VRS1

>64 1 >32 >64 >32 512–025 32000 2000–16000 2048

S. capitis

ATCC 27840

1–2 32 0.5 0.06–0.125 0.06–0.125 128 4000 8000–6000 2048

S. epidermidis

ATCC 12228

1 ≥32 0.5 0.125 0.06 >4100 8000 8000 2048

S. epidermidis

ATCC 14990

1/2 16–32 0.25–0.5 0.03–0.06 0.03 128 2000–4000 16000 2048

S. epidermidis, VISE

NRS60

4 32 >32 8 ≤0.015 256–1025 8000–16000 8000–16000 2048

S. warneri

ATCC 27836

1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.03 4 32000 16000 2048
Other organisms

B. cereus

ATCC 11778

1 ≤0.015 0.25 >64 0.5 256 32000 8000–16000 2048

B. megaterium

ATCC 13632

0.125 0.5 0.25 0.25–0.5 32 64 16000–32000 8000–16000 2048

B. subtilis

ATCC 6633

0.06–0.125 0.06–0.125 0.125 0.25 1 4–8 32000 8000–16000 2048

E. faecium

ATCC 35667

0.5–1 0.5–0.25 2–4 16 ≤0.015 >4100 32000 16000 ≥2048

E. faecalis

ATCC 29212

2 32 2–4 8 16 16 32000 16000 1024–2048

K. rosea

ATCC 31251

1–2 32–16 0.25 0.06–0.12 0.03–0.06 128–256 2000 2000–16000 2048

M. luteus

ATCC 4698

0.06–0.25 0.06–0.125 0.25 2–4 0.015–0.125 256 2000–4000 4000 1024

S. pneumoniae

ATCC 33400

1 0.125–0.25 0.015–0.5 0.25 0.06 256–512 32000 8000 2048

S. pneumoniae, MDR

ATCC 700677

1 >32 >32 >64 >32 >4100 32000 16000 2048

S. pyogenes

ATCC 14289

0.25–0.125 0.06 ≤0.015 ≤0.03 ≤0.015 ≤2 1000–2000 4000 2048

*[n = 4, duplicate results from 2 independent assays; MIC variations indicated. Bacterial species in bold are resistant.]