Table 3.
Antimicrobial activities of the cationic copolymers P(PEGMA–co–MTZ-BuI) and P(PEGMA–co–MTZ-OcI). MIC, minimum inhibitory concentration.
| Sample | MIC (µg/mL) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. aureus | S. epidermidis | P. aeruginosa | E. coli | C. parapsilosis | |
| PEGMA/MTZ-BuI 75/25 | >5000 | 5000 | 5000 | >5000 | >5000 |
| PEGMA/MTZ-BuI 50/50 | 5000 | 2500 | 5000 | >5000 | 5000 |
| PEGMA/MTZ-BuI 25/75 | 5000 | 312 | 5000 | >5000 | 5000 |
| PEGMA/MTZ-BuI 0/100 | 2500 | 156 | 625 | 156 | 2500 |
| PEGMA/MTZ-OcI 75/25 | 312 | 312 | 2500 | 5000 | 312 |
| PEGMA/MTZ-OcI 50/50 | 312 | 78 | 2500 | 5000 | 312 |
| PEGMA/MTZ-OcI 25/75 | 156 | 39 | 39 | 78 | 312 |
| PEGMA/MTZ-OcI 0/100 | 78 | 19 | 39 | 39 | 39 |