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. 2020 Aug 24;58(9):e01039-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01039-19

TABLE 2.

Recovery of E. coli and K. pneumoniae strains inoculated after overnight incubation onto TSA and MacConkey agar with cefotaxime

Strain tested Growth (log CFU/ml) ona :
TSA Mac-no AB Mac-TOX1 Mac-TOX2 Mac-TOX4
E. coli 13457 8.99 8.89 8.94 8.98 7.73
E. coli 10455 8.96 8.91 8.92 8.97 8.99
E. coli NC11 9.02 8.99 8.97 8.99 9.01
K. pneumoniae 11073 8.94 8.87 8.83 8.86 8.82
E. coli 25922 8.96 8.95 0 0 0
a

TOX1, 1 μg/ml cefotaxime; TOX2, 2 μg/ml cefotaxime; TOX4, 4 μg/ml cefotaxime; no AB, no cefotaxime in agar.