TABLE 2.
Summary of Etest results for 21 Bifidobacterium isolates (19 representative B. pseudocatenulatum isolates and 2 controls)a
| Antimicrobial | No. of strains with MIC (μg/ml): |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤0.047 | 0.064 | 0.094 | 0.125 | 0.19 | 0.25 | 0.38 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 1 | 1.5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 24 | 32 | 48 | 64 | 128 | >256 | |
| CRO | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| CIP | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| AMC | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| AZM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| TET | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| MTZ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
a
CRO, ceftriaxone (30 μg); CIP, ciprofloxacin (5 μg); AMC, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (30 μg); AZM, azithromycin (15 μg); TET, tetracycline (30 μg); MTZ, metronidazole (5 μg).