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. 2020 Jun 1;13(6):11–16.

TABLE 2.

Summary of the MIC resistance breakpoints of the antibiotics tested as recommended by the CLSI and EUCAST4,5

ANTIBIOTIC MIC BREAKPOINT, UG/ML
SENSITIVE INTERMEDIATE RESISTANT
CLSI Clindamycin <2 4 ≥8
Tetracycline ≤4 8 ≥16
EUCAST Azithromycin <2 NA >2
Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole 0.5 NA ≥1
Doxycycline NA NA NA
Minocycline NA NA NA

MIC: Minimum inhibitory concentration; CLSI: Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; EUCAST: European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing; NA: Not applicable