TABLE 1.
Antimicrobial susceptibility of E. faecium isolates used in this study.
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MIC (mg/L) |
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| Isolate | Van | Nar | Bac | Str | Gen | Tet | Lin | Amp |
| WT15 | >128 | 8 | 16 | 64 | 4 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 |
| WT1137 | 1 | 8 | 256 | 64 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| WT1145 | 2 | 8 | 64 | 64 | 16 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 |
| WT1147 | 1 | 8 | 128 | 32 | 8 | 0.5 | 4 | 2 |
| WT1155 | 1 | 8 | 256 | 32 | 8 | 0.5 | 2 | 2 |
| WT1165 | 1 | 4 | 256 | 64 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| WT1174 | 1 | 4 | 256 | 64 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| WT1179 | 2 | 8 | 256 | 64 | 8 | 64 | 4 | 0.5 |
| WT1190 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| WT1251 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 256 | 256 | 1 | n.d. | 1 |
| WT1301 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 256 | 256 | 1 | n.d. | ≤0.25 |
| WT1343 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 256 | 256 | 1 | n.d. | 4 |
| WT1366 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 256 | 256 | 1 | n.d. | 2 |
| WT1402 | >128 | 16 | 1 | 64 | 8 | 0.5 | 2 | 32 |
| WT2608 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 32 | 8 | 0.5 | 2 | 2 |
| WT4826 | >128 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ≤0.25 |
| WT5252 | >128 | 32 | 1 | 64 | 8 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.5 |
| WT5432 | >128 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 0.5 | 1 | 4 |
Van, vancomycin; Nar, narasin; Bac, bacitracin; Str, streptomycin; Gen, gentamicin; Tet, tetracycline; Lin, linezolid; Amp, ampicillin; n.d., not determined.