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Table 1 In vitro antibacterial and anti-biofilm activities of ceftazidime against P. aeruginosa strains

From: In vitro activities of cellulase and ceftazidime, alone and in combination against Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

aBacterial strain

MIC (µg/mL)

MBC (µg/mL)

MBEC (µg/mL)

Fold change in MBEC/MIC ratio

Fold change in MBEC/MBC ratio

PAO1

2

4

2048

1024

512

PA1

4

8

4096

1024

512

PA2

2

4

8192

4096

2048

  1. MBEC Minimum biofilm eradication concentration, MIC Minimum inhibitory concentration, MBC Minimum bactericidal concentration
  2. a PAO1 is a laboratory reference strain of P. aeruginosa and PA1 and PA2 are two clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa that were recovered from the patients with burn wound infections
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BMC Microbiology

ISSN: 1471-2180

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