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Table 2 In vitro MIC, MBIC and MBEC values for the antibiotics tested against S. aureus DFU isolates (*CLSI range susceptibility)

From: Susceptibility patterns of Staphylococcus aureus biofilms in diabetic foot infections

 

Antimicrobial agents

 

FOX

CPT

CIP

CLI

DOX

ERY

GEN

LZD

MEM

VAN

MIC range

1.5–256

0.064–38

0.06- >32

0.015–0.06

0.064–0.125

0.12- >256

0.06–64

1–2

0.015–16

0.25–1

MBIC range

2–256

0.5–8

0.5–512

0.5–128

0.5–512

0.5- >256

0.5- >128

1- >1024

0.5–32

1–16

MBEC range

2–1024

0.5–1024

256–512

64- >1024

64–128

64- >1024

1- >256

4- >1024

0.5- >1024

8- >1024

  1. FOX, cefoxitin (≤4 μg/ml*); CPT, ceftaroline (≤0.5 μg/ml *); CIP, ciprofloxacin (≤4 μg/ml *); CLI, clindamycin (≤0.25 μg/ml*); DOX, doxycycline (≤4 μg/ml*); ERY, erythromycin (≤8 μg/ml*); GEN, gentamicin (≤4 μg/ml*); LZD, linezolid (≤4 μg/ml*); MEM, meropenem (≤4 μg/ml*); VAN, vancomycin (≤2 μg/ml*)