TABLE 7.
Minimum inhibitory concentrations, and minimum bactericidal concentrations of melittin after encounter to serum and salts against selected Staphylococcus epidermidis strains.
| Strains (n = 5) | MIC (μ g/ml)-standard condition | MIC (μ g/ml)-serum | MIC (μ g/ml)- NaCl | MIC (μ g/ml)-MgCl2 | MBC (μ g/ml)-standard condition | MBC (μ g/ml)-serum | MBC (μ g/ml)-NaCl | MBC (μ g/ml)-MgCl2 |
| ATCC 35984 | 2.5 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| MDR-MRSE 1 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1.25 |
| Non-MDR-MSSE 1 | 0.625 | 1.25 | 0.625 | 0.625 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 |
| Non-MDR MRSE 4 | 1.25 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1.25 |
| MDR-MRSE 5 | 1.25 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 |
| MDR-MRSE 8 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
MIC, minimum inhibitory concentration; MBC, minimum bactericidal concentration; MRSE, methicillin-resistant S. epidermidis; ATCC, American type culture collection; MSSE, methicillin-susceptible S. epidermidis; MDR, multidrug resistance.