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. 2020 Jan 14;41(6):866–878. doi: 10.1038/s41401-019-0342-5

Table 1.

Comparative antibacterial activity of ETM, GM, and AMK against 36 susceptible bacterial clinical isolates.

E. coli (n = 6) K. pneumoniae (n = 6) E. cloacae (n = 6) P. mirabilis (n = 6) P. aeruginosa (n= 6) S. aureus (n = 6)
Antibiotics MICrange MIC50 MIC90 MICrange MIC50 MIC90 MICrange MIC50 MIC90 MICrange MIC50 MIC90 MICrange MIC50 MIC90 MICrange MIC50 MIC90
GM 1–4 1 3 0.5–128 0.75 64.5 0.5–4 1 2.5 0.5–8 1 5 ≤0.25 to 2 0.5 1.6 ≤0.25 to 64 0.75 48
AMK 1–8 4 6 0.5–2 1 2 0.5–2 1 2 2–64 4 36 0.5–16 1 22.4 0.5–32 4 17.6
ETM ≤0.25 to 1 0.75 1 ≤0.25 to 16 ≤0.25 ≤0.25 ≤0.25 to 0.5 ≤0.25 ≤0.25 0.5–8 0.5 4.5 ≤0.25 to 0.5 0.5 0.5 ≤0.25 to 16 1.25 11.8

MICs are expressed in μg/mL.

MIC50 and MIC90 = the concentrations at which 50% and 90% of the isolates are inhibited