TABLE 1.
Antibiotic susceptibility of SEΔΔΔ versus the parent S. epidermidis strain
| Antibiotic | MIC (μg/ml) |
Susceptibilitya | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEΔΔΔ | NRRL B-4268 | ||
| Ampicillin | 4 | 4 | NA |
| Bacitracin | 16 | 16 | NA |
| Cefalexin | 2 | 2 | NA |
| Ceftaroline | 0.12 | 0.12 | S |
| Chloramphenicol | 2 | 2 | S |
| Clindamycin | 0.06 | 0.06 | S |
| Daptomycin | 0.5 | 0.5 | S |
| Doxycycline | 4 | 4 | S |
| Erythromycin | ≤0.12 | ≤0.12 | S |
| Fosfomycin | 4 | 4 | NA |
| Fusidic acid | ≤0.03 | ≤0.03 | NA |
| Gentamicin | ≤0.06 | ≤0.06 | S |
| Levofloxacin | 0.12 | 0.12 | S |
| Linezolid | ≤0.5 | ≤0.5 | S |
| Mupirocin | 0.12 | 0.12 | NA |
| Oritavancin | 0.03 | 0.06 | S |
| Oxacillin | 0.12 | 0.12 | S |
| Quinupristin/dalfopristin | ≤0.12 | ≤0.12 | S |
| Rifampin | ≤0.002 | ≤0.002 | S |
| Tetracycline | >32 | >32 | R |
| Tigecycline | 0.25 | 0.12 - 0.25 | S |
| Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole | ≤0.5/9.5 | ≤0.5/9.5 | S |
| Vancomycin | 1 | 1 | S |
a
According to CLSI breakpoints: S, sensitive; R, resistant. NA, not available.