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Table 2 MIC of antibiotics against Shigella

From: Synergistic action of phages and lytic proteins with antibiotics: a combination strategy to target bacteria and biofilms

Antibiotic

Type

Action site

MICa (µg/mL)

S. dysenteriae CGMCC 1.1869

S. flexneri CGMCC 1.1868

S. flexneri CGMCC 1.10599

Erythromycin

macrolides

tRNA

0.125 (S)

4 (I)

0.06 (S)

Gentamicin Sulphate

aminoglycoside

ribosomal 30S subunits

0.25 (S)

8 (R)

0.125 (S)

Chloramphenicol

amyl alcohol

peptide linkage

0.06 (S)

0.06 (S)

0.06 (S)

Cefotaxime

β- lactam

cell wall

0.06 (S)

0.06 (S)

0.06 (S)

Cefoxitin

β- lactam

cell wall

0.06 (S)

2 (S)

0.06 (S)

Cephalothin

β- lactam

cell wall

0.06 (S)

0.125 (S)

0.06 (S)

Cardelmycin

aminocoumarin

DNA gyrase

0.125 (S)

8 (R)

0.125 (S)

Tetracycline hydrochloride

tetracyclines

rRNA

0.06 (S)

0.06 (S)

0.06 (S)

Polymyxin B sulfate

polypeptides

LPS

0.125 (S)

2 (S)

0.06 (S)

  1. aS, I, and R represented the degree of strain response to each antibiotic, with sensitivity, intermediary and resistance, respectively