Table 1.
Disinfectants | MICs | MIC50 | MIC90 | QC Strains | MBCs | MBC50 | MBC90 | QC Strains | ||
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ATCC 700603 MIC |
ATCC 25922 MIC |
ATCC 700603 MBC |
ATCC 25922 MBC |
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0.1% Benzalkonium bromide | 16–256 | 64 | 32 | 32 | 128 | 1–128 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 32 |
4% Aqueous chlorhexidine | 256–32768 | 2048 | 512 | 1024 | 16384 | 16–32768 | 512 | 32 | 256 | 512 |
75% Alcohol | 4–64 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2–64 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Entoiodine II | 64–8192 | 512 | 256 | 256 | 16384 | 16–4096 | 128 | 32 | 128 | 8192 |
2% Glutaraldehyde | 8–128 | 32 | 16 | 64 | 64 | 4–64 | 16 | 8 | 32 | 64 |
2000 mg/L Chlorine-containing disinfectants | 2–16 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2–8 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
3% Hydrogen peroxide | 256–2048 | 1024 | 512 | 1024 | 2048 | 64–2048 | 512 | 256 | 512 | 1024 |
Note: MIC50 represents the MIC value required to inhibit the growth of 50% of the tested bacteria, and MIC90 represents the MIC value required to inhibit the growth of 90% of the tested bacteria. MBC50 represents the MBC value required to kill 50% of the tested bacteria, and MBC90 represents the MBC value required to kill 90% of the tested bacteria. MIC, minimum inhibitory concentration; MBC, minimum bactericidal concentration; QC, quality control; ATCC, American type culture collection.