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. 2021 Nov 23;224(Suppl 5):S502–S516. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab144

Table 2.

Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) for Ciprofloxacin, Azithromycin, and Ceftriaxone Tested Against Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi A

Settings/region Ciprofloxacin Azithromycin Ceftriaxone
%S/I/R MIC Range (μg/mL) MIC50 (μg/mL) MIC90 (μg/mL) %S/I/R MIC Range (μg/mL) Mean MIC (μg/mL) MIC50 (μg/mL) MIC90 (μg/mL) %S/I/R MIC Range (μg/mL) Mean MIC (μg/mL) MIC50 (μg/mL) MIC90 (μg/mL)
S. Typhi S. Typhi_Tier_1 (n = 290) 3/83/14 0.015 to >4 0.25 4 99.6/-/0.4 1–64 4.70 4 8 100/-/- 0.03–1 0.20 0.12 0.5
S. Typhi_Tier_2 (n = 191) 3/70/27 0.03 to >4 0.25 >4 100/-/0 1–16 5.75 4 8 100/-/- 0.06–1 0.10 0.12 0.5
S. Typhi_Tier_3 (n = 1551) 3/55/42 0.007 to >4 0.5 4 100/-/0 0.5–16 5.65 4 8 100/-/- 0.015–1 0.22 0.25 0.5
S. Typhi_cumulative (n = 2032) 3/60/37 0.007 to >4 0.5 >4 99.9/-/0.1 0.5–64 4.98 4 8 100/-/- 0.015–1 0.22 0.12 0.5
Southern India (n = 834) 3/68/29 0.007 to >4 0.25 >4 100/-/0 0.5–16 5.31 4 8 100/-/- 0.015–1 0.24 0.25 0.5
Northern India (n = 1089) 3/56/41 0.007 to >4 0.5 >4 100/-/0 0.5–16 5.56 4 8 100/-/- 0.03–1 0.21 0.12 0.5
Western India (n = 71) 3/49/48 0.015 to >4 * * 100/-/0 2–16 6.47 * * 100/-/- 0.03–0.25 0.15 * *
Eastern India (n = 38) 5/42/53 0.03 to >4 * * 97/-/3 2–64 7.42 * * 100/-/- 0.06–0.5 0.16 * *
S. Paratyphi A SPA_Tier_1 (n = 21) 24/62/14 0.06 to >4 * * 100/-/0 2–8 6.47 * * 100/-/- 0.12–0.5 0.21 * *
SPA_Tier_2 (n = 44) 0/91/9 0.12 to >4 * * 100/-/0 2–16 7.09 * * 100/-/- 0.06–0.5 0.20 * *
SPA_Tier_3 (n = 276) 1/78/21 0.007 to >4 0.5 4 100/-/0 0.25–16 7.50 8 16 100/-/- 0.06–1 0.20 0.25 0.25
SPA_cumulative (n = 341) 2/79/19 0.007 to >4 0.5 2 100/-/0 0.5–16 7.39 4 16 100/-/- 0.06–1 0.20 0.25 0.25
Southern India (n = 115) 3/76/21 0.007 to >4 0.5 4 100/-/0 0.25–16 7.22 8 16 100/-/- 0.12–1 0.21 0.12 0.25
Northern India (n = 208) 0/81/19 0.12 to >4 0.5 2 100/-/0 0.5–16 7.58 8 16 100/-/- 0.06–0.5 0.20 0.25 0.25
Western India (n = 12) 33/67/0 0.06 to 0.5 * * 100/-/0 2–8 5.5 * * 100/-/- 0.12–0.5 0.17 * *
Eastern India (n = 6) 0/67/33 0.5 to 4 * * 100/-/0 8 8 * * 100/-/- 0.12–0.25 0.20 * *

Abbreviations: MIC, minimum inhibitory concentration.

*MIC50/MIC90 was not calculated due to fewer isolates <100.