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Table 1 Antimicrobial susceptibility of the oral Enterococci

From: Antibiotic resistance and adhesion properties of oral Enterococci associated to dental caries

Antibiotics

No. (%)a of resistant strains

 

E. faecalis(n = 17)

E. faecium(n = 4)

Total (n = 21)

PENICILLINS

P

17 (100)

4 (100)

21 (100)

 

Amx

6 (35)

0(0)

6 (29)

 

AM

6 (35)

1 (25)

7 (33)

 

AMC

4 (25)

1 (25)

5 (24)

 

TIC

17 (100)

4 (100)

21 (100)

CEPHALOSPORINS

CF

0(0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

CFS

17 (100)

4 (100)

21 (100)

 

CAZ

17 (100)

4 (100)

21 (100)

AMINOGLYCOSIDS

AN

17 (100)

4 (100)

21 (100)

 

GM

4 (25)

1 (25)

5 (24)

 

K

5 (29)

0 (0)

5 (24)

 

TM

17 (100)

4 (100)

21 (100)

 

S

17 (100)

4 (100)

21 (100)

MACROLIDS

E

17 (100)

4 (100)

21 (100)

LINCOSAMIDS

L

17 (100)

4 (100)

21 (100)

POLYPEPTIDS

B

17 (100)

4 (100)

21 (100)

 

CS

16 (94)

4 (100)

20 (95)

SULFAMIDS-TRIMETHOPRIME

SXT

12 (71)

3 (75)

15 (71)

GLYCOPEPTIDS

VA

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

QUINOLONES

NA

17 (100)

4 (100)

21 (100)

FLUOROQUINOLONES

CIP

17 (100)

4 (100)

21 (100)

 

OFX

17 (100)

4 (100)

21 (100)

DIVERS

NI

17 (100)

4 (100)

21 (100)

  1. P:PenicillinG, Amx: Amoxicillin, AM: Ampicillin, AMC: Amoxicillin/Clavulanic acid, TIC: Ticarcillin, CF: Cefalotin, CFS:Cefsulodin, CAZ: Ceftazidime, AN: Amikacin, GM: Gentamicin, K: Kanamycin, TM: Tobramycin, S: streptomycin, E: erythromycin, L: Lincomycin, B: Bacitracin, CS: Colistin, SXT: Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole, VA: Vancomycin, NA: Nalidixic acid, CIP: Ciprofloxacin, OFX: Ofloxacin, NI: Nitroxolin.