Table 3. Antibiotic susceptibility of the B. pseudomallei strains. The MIC were determined by Etest procedure (bioMerieux) and are expressed in mg/L.
| strains | MIC (mg/L) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β-lactams | quinolones | aminoglycosides | sulfamides | phenicol | cycline | |||||||||
| AMX | AMC | CAZ | MEM | CIP | LVX | NAL | NOR | GEN | AMK | SXT | TMP | CHL | DOX | |
| A1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 64 | 24 | 256 | 1 | >32 | 24 | 2 |
| A2 | 32 | 1 | 0.75 | 0.38 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 48 | 16 | 96 | 1.5 | >32 | 16 | 1.5 |
| B1 | >256 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | >32 | >32 | >256 | >256 | 96 | >256 | >32 | >32 | 256 | 4 |
| B1R5 | 256 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 48 | 16 | 96 | 1 | >32 | 12 | 4 |
| B2 | >256 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 24 | 256 | 128 | 64 | >256 | 1.5 | >32 | 96 | 4 |
| C | >256 | 1.5 | 1.5 | >32 | >32 | >32 | 192 | >256 | >1024 | >256 | 1.5 | >32 | 24 | 8 |
| CR5 | >256 | 1.5 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 32 | 192 | 256 | >1024 | >256 | 1 | >32 | 12 | 6 |
| CR10 | 64 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 192 | 192 | 256 | >256 | 1.5 | >32 | 8 | 2 |
Antibiotic abbreviations: AMX: amoxicillin; AMC: amoxicillin-acid clavulanic; CAZ: ceftazidime; MEM: meropenem; CIP: ciprofloxacin; LVX: levofloxacin; NAL: nalidixic acid; NOR: norfloxacin; GEN: gentamicin; AMK: amikacin; STX: trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; TMP: trimethoprim; CHL: chloramphenicol; DOX: doxycycline