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Table 4 Antibiotic resistance profiles of enterococcus isolates and transconjugants

From: Interspecies transfer of vancomycin, erythromycin and tetracycline resistance among Enterococcus species recovered from agrarian sources

Enterococcal isolates and transconjugants MIC (μg/ml) at 24 h
  VA E SM TET TMP TE KAN
E.faecalis MF06035 R R R R R R 64
E.faecalis MF06036 R R R R R R 64
E.faecalis MW01038 4 <0.25 256 <0.5 R 0.5 256
E.faecalis MW02102 4 <0.25 256 <0.5 R 1 64
E.faecalis MW03020 4 <0.25 256 R 0.25 <0.25 64
E.faecalis MW03025 R <0.25 256 1 1 <0.25 64
E.faecalis MW03051 4 <0.25 256 1 0.5 1 64
E.faecalis ST02011 4 32R 128 <0.5 0.25 <0.25 1024
E.faecium MF06019 1 R 64 <0.5 0.06 <0.25 >1024HLR
E.faecalis MF04010 1 <0.25 R R 0.13 <0.25 256
E.faecalis MF06030 0.5 <0.25 64 R 0.13 <0.25 >1024HLR
E.faecium MF03061 1 1 32 R 0.06 <0.25 1024
E.faecalis MW01105Rif 1 0.5 R <0.5 0.13 2 128
E.faecalis MW02043Rif 0.5 <0.25 32 <0.5 0.06 <0.25 >1024HLR
E.faecium ST01109Rif 2 R 128 <0.5 0.5 <0.25 256
T1 R R R 2 R R 64
T2 1 <0.25 R R 0.13 2 64
T3 1 <0.25 R R 0.5 <0.25 128
T4 R R R R R R 128
ECOFF VA E SM TET TMP TE KAN
E.faecalis 4 4 512 4 1 2 ND
E.faecium 4 4 128 4 ND 2 ND
  1. VA vancomycin, E erythromycin, SM streptomycin, TET tetracycline, TMP trimethoprim, TE teicoplanin, KAN kanamycin. ECOFF Environmental cut-off [17]
  2. HLR, High level resistant*; R, Resistant
  3. Rif, Rifampicin resistant mutant; ND Not determined
  4. Kanamycin resistance is ≥ 2000 μg/ml [35]
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