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. 2021 Apr 29;11(5):1284. doi: 10.3390/ani11051284

Table 4.

Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) distributions of antimicrobials against 195 E. faecalis strains.

EMA Category Antimicrobial Agent Distribution of MICs (in µg/mL and Number of Strains) MIC50 MIC90 ECOFF
0.0075 0.015 0.03 0.064 0.125 0.25 0.5 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024 2048
A Category Tigecycline 2.05 0 0 4.62 11.79 38.97 28.21 5.13 1.03 8.21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.25 1 >0.25
N° Strains 4 9 23 76 55 10 2 16
Vancomycin 0 0 0 0 0 0 54.87 10.26 13.33 10.77 9.74 0.51 0.00 0.00 0.51 0 0 0 0 ≤1 8 >4
N° Strains 107 20 26 21 19 1 0 0 1
Teicoplanin 0 0 0 0 0 69.74 12.82 13.33 1.03 0.00 0.51 0.00 1.54 1.03 0 0 0 0 0 ≤0.5 1 >2
N° Strains 136 25 26 2 0 1 0 3 2
Daptomycin 0 0 0 0 2.05 2.05 1.54 9.74 44.10 32.31 6.67 1.03 0.51 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 >4
N° Strains 4 4 3 19 86 63 13 2 1
Linezolid 0 0 0 0 0 2.05 0.00 7.69 44.10 34.36 2.05 1.03 1.03 7.69 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 >4
N° Strains 0 4 0 15 86 67 4 2 2 15 0 0 0 0 0
Quinupristin-dalfopristin 0 0 0 0 0 3.08 0.00 3.59 12.31 18.46 27.69 21.54 7.69 5.64 0 0 0 0 0 8 32 >1
N° Strains 6 7 24 36 54 42 15 11
B Category Ciprofloxacin 0 0 0 2.05 0.51 1.03 5.64 16.92 24.10 32.82 5.64 11.28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 ≥16 >4
N° Strains 4 1 2 11 33 47 64 11 22

The vertical bars indicate the ECOFF value for each antibiotic [17]; The bold numbers indicate the percentage of strains for every MIC value.