TABLE 3.
Selection of mutants resistant to Q-D and rifampin in cardiac vegetations from rabbits with aortic endocarditis due to S. aureus after a 4-day treatment with Q-D and/or rifampin
Regimen | No. of animals with Q-D or rifampin mutants/ no. of treated animals with straina:
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HM1054 (Qs Ds)
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RP13 (Qs Dr)
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HM1054R (Qr Ds)
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Q-D mt | RIF mt | Q-D mt | RIF mt | Q-D mt | RIF mt | |
Q-D | 0/9b | 1/12bc | 0/5 | |||
Rifampin | 2/4d | 5/6d | Not done | |||
Q-D + rifampin | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/13 | 11/13d |
Mutants were selected on agar containing 2 times the MIC of Q-D and 10 times the MIC of rifampin. mt, mutants; RIF, rifampin.
Results were previously published (23).
MIC of Q-D, 8 μg/ml.
MICs of rifampin, >500 μg/ml.