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Table 1 Drug concentrations values used for comparison between APM and BMD UKMYC6 plate methodology

From: Evaluation of the broth microdilution plate methodology for susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Peru

Drug

APM CC (mg/L)

UKMYC6 ECOFF/ECV (mg/L)

UKMYC6 Borderline (mg/L)

UKMYC6 concentration ranges (mg/L)

Drugs used in drug-susceptible TB regimens

 

  Rifampicin

1.0

0.5

0.03–8

  Rifabutin

0.12

0.06–2

  Isoniazid

0.2

0.1

0.2, 0.4

0.025–12.8

Drugs used in MDR-TB regimensa

 Group A

    

  Moxifloxacin

1.0

0.06–4

  Levofloxacin

1.0

1.0

0.125–8

  Bedaquiline

0.25

0.008–1

  Linezolid

1.0

0.06–4

 Group B

  

 

  Clofazimine

0.25

0.03–2

 Group C

    

  Ethambutol

5.0

4.0

4

0.25–32

  Delamanid

0.12

0.008–0.5

  Amikacin

1.0

0.25–16

  Ethionamide

5.0

4.0

0.25–8

 Additional

   

  Kanamycin

5.0

4.0

1–16

  1. aGroups A, B and C were set according to WHO update—2018 [10]
  2. APM: 7H10 Agar Proportion Method, BMD: Broth Microdilution, CC: Critical Concentration, ECOFF/ECV: Epidemiological Cut-off Values