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. 1999 Apr;43(4):782–788. doi: 10.1128/aac.43.4.782

TABLE 3.

Effect of pH on MIC of pexiganan when tested in nutrient broth

Organism No. of clinical isolates Mean MIC (μg/ml)a
pH 5.0 pH 5.5 pH 6.0 pH 6.5 pH 7.0 pH 7.5 pH 8.0
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 9 1.9 3.4 5.2 5.1 4.9 6.4 6.8
Staphylococcus aureus 11 7.7 14.7 10.7 6.9 5.4 4.3 3.6
Staphylococcus epidermidis 10  NDb 3.0 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.0 3.5
a

The geometric mean MICs for all isolates tested. 

b

ND, the MIC was not determined.