TABLE 5.
Frequency of spontaneous resistance mutants and mutant prevention concentration (MPC) for levofloxacin and gepotidacin against M. fortuitum ATCC 6841
| Drugs | MIC (mg/L) | Mutant frequency and fold MIC |
Mutant prevention concn (MPC) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8× | 16× | 32× | 64× | 128× | 256× | |||
| Levofloxacin | 0.06 | 0.8 × 10−5 | 1.8 × 10−5 | 3.6 × 10−7 | 3.5 × 10−7 | 2.8 × 10−8 | 0 | 256× MIC (15.36 mg/L) |
| Gepotidacin | 1 | 1.1 × 10−7 | 3.7 × 10−9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32× MIC (32 mg/L) |