TABLE 1.
Antimicrobial susceptibility of planktonic (MIC) and biofilm (MBEC) Staphylococcus aureus strains determined by conventional broth macrodilution assay and sonication/colony-counting.
Antibiotic |
VAN |
DAP |
FOF |
GEN |
RIF |
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MRSA strains | MIC | MBEC | MIC | MBEC | MIC | MBEC | MIC | MBEC | MIC | MBEC |
MRSA ATCC 43300 | 1 | >1,024 | 0.5 | 128 | 8 | >1,024 | 64(R) | >1,024 | 0.008 | 256 |
MRSA1 | 1 | >1,024 | 0.5 | 64 | 4 | >1,024 | 0.5 | 256 | 32(R) | >1,024 |
MRSA2 | 2 | >1,024 | 1 | 128 | 4 | >1,024 | 0.5 | 512 | 1(R) | >1,024 |
MRSA3 | 1 | >1,024 | 0.5 | 64 | 128(R) | >1,024 | 0.5 | 512 | 32(R) | >1,024 |
MRSA4 | 1 | >1,024 | 1 | 128 | 4 | >1,024 | 0.5 | >1,024 | 4(R) | >1,024 |
Antibiotic |
FLU |
CFZ |
FOF |
GEN |
RIF |
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MSSA strains | MIC | MBEC | MIC | MBEC | MIC | MBEC | MIC | MBEC | MIC | MBEC |
MSSA ATCC 29213 | 0.5 | >1,024 | 0.5 | >1,024 | 4 | >1,024 | 1 | 512 | 0.016 | 256 |
MSSA1 | 0.25 | 1,024 | 0.25 | >1,024 | 16 | >1,024 | 0.5 | 512 | 1(R) | >1,024 |
MSSA2 | 0.5 | 1,024 | 0.5 | >1,024 | 4 | >1,024 | 0.5 | 512 | 32(R) | >1,024 |
MSSA3 | 0.5 | 1,024 | 0.5 | >1,024 | 8 | >1,024 | 0.5 | >1,024 | 32(R) | >1,024 |
MSSA4 | 0.25 | >1,024 | 0.25 | >1,024 | 8 | >1,024 | 0.5 | >1,024 | 1(R) | >1,024 |
MSSA5 | 0.5 | 512 | 0.5 | >1,024 | 16 | >1,024 | 8(R) | >1,024 | 2(R) | >1,024 |
MSSA6 | 0.5 | >1,024 | 0.25 | >1,024 | 4 | >1,024 | 0.5 | 1,024 | 1(R) | >1,024 |
MIC and MBEC concentration values are expressed in μg/ml. VAN, vancomycin; DAP, daptomycin; FOF, fosfomycin; GEN, gentamicin; RIF, rifampin; FLU, flucloxacillin; CFZ, cefazolin; R, resistance against the antibiotic according to EUCAST.