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Table 1 Antibiotic susceptibility. MIC values (μg/ml) determined by NCCLS broth microdilution of Atopobium isolates to various antimicrobial agents.

From: Association of Atopobium vaginae, a recently described metronidazole resistant anaerobe, with bacterial vaginosis

 

ATCC BAA55

DM7193

DM7200

Metronidazole

>32

>32

>32

Clindamycin

<0.015

<0.015

<0.015

Ceftriaxone

2

0.5

.5

Cefoxitin

2

2

2

Ampicillin/sulb

0.25

0.25

.06

Meropenem

0.5

0.03

<0.015

Imipenem

0.5

0.03

<0.015

Moxifloxacin

0.12

0.06

1

Trovafloxacin

0.03

<0.015

2

Linezolid

0.25

.25

.06

Disk Tests

   

Aminoglycosides*

R

R

R

Vancomycin*

S

S

S

  1. *done by disk diffusion as a screening test
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