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Table 4 In vitro activity of erava against S aureus with Tet specific resistant genes

From: Eravacycline activity against clinical S. aureus isolates from China: in vitro activity, MLST profiles and heteroresistance

Tet resistance factors

N

Tetracycline

Erava

No. isolates with each MIC (mg/L)

No. isolates with each MIC (mg/L)

MIC range

MIC50/MIC90

≤4.0

8.0

≥16.0

≤0.125

0.25

0.5

1.0

MRSA

 Tet(M)

27

1

1

25

10

17

0

1

≤0.125–0.25

0.25/0.25

 Tet(K)

27

3

8

16

2

24

3

0

0.0625–0.5

0.25/0.5

 Tet(L)

5

0

1

4

1

4

0

0

0.125–0.25

0.25/0.25

 Tet(M), Tet(L)

4

0

1

3

0

4

0

0

0.25

0.25/0.25

 Tet(L), Tet(K)

3

0

3

0

2

1

0

0

0.125–0.25

ND

 Tet(M), Tet(K)

2

0

0

2

0

1

1

0

0. 25–0.5

ND

 Tet(M), Tet(L), Tet(K)

1

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0.0625

ND

-a

69

43

3

23

38

29

2

0

0.0625–0.5

0.125/0.25

MSSA

 Tet(M)

2

2

0

0

1

1

0

0

≤0.125–0.25

ND

 Tet(K)

63

14

10

39

12

33

17

1

0.0625–1.0

0.25/0.5

 Tet(L)

2

0

0

2

0

0

2

0

0.5

ND

 Tet(L), Tet(K)

5

1

0

4

1

0

3

1

0.125–1.0

0.5/0.5

 Tet(M), Tet(K)

1

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0.5

ND

-a

115

94

1

20

76

32

6

1

0.0625–1.0

0.125/0.5

  1. -a negative for tetracycline resistance genes; ND, not determined for groups with ≤3 isolates