Table 1.
Antibiotic susceptibility of S. mutans after treatment with different l-arginine concentrations (µM)
| Exposure time | 5 h | 24 h | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antibiotics | Arg 0 (Ctrl) | Arg 5 | Arg 10 | Arg 50 | Arg 100 | Arg 0 (Ctrl) | Arg 5 | Arg 10 | Arg 50 | Arg 100 |
| CTR | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 25 |
| TET | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 27 |
| AMC-Clav | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 22 |
| CIPR | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| CTX | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| AMP | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 |
| VAN | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 |
| CAZ | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| AMI | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| DOX | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |