TABLE 3.
Tentative breakpoints and ranges of presumptive critical concentrations for AST in liquid and on solid media (phase II)
Drug | Range of critical concn or critical concna
|
|
---|---|---|
In BACTEC 460 | On Middlebrook 7H10 agar | |
Capreomycin | 1.25–2.5 | 10 |
Cycloserine | 75–100 | 30 |
Ethionamide | 1.25–2.5 | 5 |
Kanamycin | 2.5–5.0 | 5 |
Amikacin | 0.5–1.0 | 2.0–4.0 |
Clofazimine | 0.125–0.25 | 0.5–1.0 |
Ofloxacin | 1.0–2.0 | 1.0–2.0 |
Rifabutin | 0.5–1.0 | 0.5–1.0 |
Single values indicate previously established critical concentrations (20).