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Table 3 Susceptibility of S. aureus and P. aeruginosa to antimicrobial agents by disc diffusion

From: Cationic antimicrobial peptides: alternatives and/or adjuvants to antibiotics active against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Antibiotics

 

β-lactams

aminoglycosides

macrolides lincosamides

fluoroquinolones

tetracyclines

others

  

S. aureus (number)

PEN

FOX

GEN

AMK

ERY

CLI

OFX

LVX

CIP

TGC

FAD

RIF

LZD

VNC

  

 MSSA (5)

R

S

S

S

S/I

S/I

S

S

S

S/R

S/R

S

S

S

  

 MRSA (5)

R

R

S/R

S/R

S/I/R

S/R

S/R

S/R

S/R

S

S/R

S/I/R

S

S

  
 

β-lactams

aminoglycosides

quinolones

others

P. aeruginosa (number)

PIL

PTZ

TIC

TCC

CZD

FEP

ATM

IPM

MEM

AMK

GEN

TMN

CIP

NAL

RIF

FOF

 AS (6)

S/R

S/R

S/R

S/R

S

S

I

S/I

S

S/I

S/R

S

S/I/R

R

R

S/R

 MDRPA (5)

R

R

R

R

R

R

I/R

I/R

I/R

S/I/R

S/R

S/R

R

R

R

S/R

  1. AS antibiotic susceptible, MDRPA multidrug-resistant P. aeruginosa, MRSA methicillin-resistant S. aureus, MSSA methicillin-susceptible S. aureus, I intermediate, R resistant, S susceptible, AMK amikacin, ATM Aztreonam, CIP ciprofloxacin, CLI clindamycin, CZD ceftazidime, ERY erythromycin, FAD fusidic acid, FEP cefepime, FOF fosfomycin, FOX cefoxitin, GEN gentamicin, IMP imipenem, LVX levofloxacin, LZD linezolid, MEM meropenem, NAL nalidixic acid, OFX ofloxacin, PEN penicillin, PIL piperacillin, PTZ piperacillin+tazobactam, RIF rifampicin, TCC ticarcillin+clavulanate, TIC ticarcillin, TGC tigecycline, TMN tobramycin, VNC vancomycin