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).