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. 2020 Apr 10;20:87. doi: 10.1186/s12866-020-01777-9

Table 3.

Evaluation of select drug candidates against B. henselae biofilm-recovered cells after drug exposure at different times

Drugs (5 μg/ml) CFU per mL after drug exposure
2 day 4 day 6 day
Drug free control 1.3 ± 0.2 × 1010 1.8 ± 0.2 × 1010 2.6 ± 0.3 × 1010
Azithromycin 4.5 ± 0.3 × 109 5.2 ± 0.3 × 109 9.3 ± 0.2 × 105
Cefuroxime 5.6 ± 0.3 × 109 2.3 ± 0.2 × 109 1.7 ± 0.1 × 106
Ciprofloxacin 3.2 ± 0.3 × 108 2.5 ± 0.3 × 108 5.1 ± 0.3 × 102
Daptomycin 9.8 ± 0.2 × 109 3.4 ± 0.3 × 109 2.7 ± 0.2 × 106
Disulfiram 6.1 ± 0.3 × 109 4.6 ± 0.3 × 109 3.8 ± 0.3 × 107
Doxycycline 5.3 ± 0.3 × 109 3.8 ± 0.1 × 109 6.2 ± 0.3 × 105
Gentamicin 6.2 ± 0.3 × 109 5.8 ± 0.2 × 109 8.1 ± 0.3 × 102
Methylene blue 8.9 ± 0.4 × 109 6.8 ± 0.2 × 109 2.3 ± 0.2 × 102
Miconazole 9.8 ± 0.3 × 109 2.2 ± 0.1 × 1010 1.6 ± 0.1 × 1010
Nitrofurantoin 4.3 ± 0.1 × 109 3.6 ± 0.2 × 109 2.8 ± 0.2 × 109
Rifampin 5.6 ± 0.2 × 109 4.8 ± 0.3 × 109 3.2 ± 0.2 × 102
SXT 7.8 ± 0.3 × 109 6.4 ± 0.3 × 109 2.7 ± 0.2 × 109
Azithromycin+Ciprofloxacin 4.1 ± 0.2 × 109 5.8 ± 0.3 × 106 0
Azithromycin+Methylene blue 6.8 ± 0.2 × 109 5.2 ± 0.3 × 105 0
Rifampin+Ciprofloxacin 7.6 ± 0.2 × 109 4.7 ± 0.2 × 109 0
Rifampin+Methylene blue 5.9 ± 0.1 × 109 4.8 ± 0.2 × 109 0