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Table 1 Antibiograms of the original strain of E. faecium AUS0004 and three strains of persisters harvested after 48 h in presence of 20 µg/mL of ciprofloxacin (10 x MIC).

From: Proteomic characterization of persisters in Enterococcus faecium

Antibiotics (µg)a

Diameters of inhibition (mm)

 

AUS0004

Strain 1

Strain 2

Strain 3

AMP (2)

6b

6

6

6

IMP (10)

6

6

6

6

NXM (10)

23

24

23

23

RIF (5)

12

14

14

13

ERY (10)

6

6

6

6

CMN (2)

6

6

6

6

QDF (15)

19

21

20

20

TGC (15)

32

31

31

32

LIN (10)

30

32

30

30

LVX (5)

22

22

21

21

GME (30)

19

19

18

19

HLS (300)

23

23

22

23

VNC (5)

15

14

14

14

TEC (30)

20

21

21

20

NFE (100)

15

15

15

15

FOS (200)

25

25

23

26

  1. a The acronyms of the antibiotics correspond to: ampicillin (AMP), imipenem (IMP), norfloxacin (NXM), rifampicin (RIF), erythromycin (ERY), clindamycin (CMN), quinuspristin-dalfopristin (QDF), tigecycline (TGC), linezolid (LIN), levofloxacin (LVX), gentamicin (GME), streptomycin (HLS), vancomycin (VNC), teicoplanin (TEC), nitrofurantoin (NFE), fosfomycin (FOS).
  2. b Values written in bold indicated a clinical categorization of “Resistant”
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