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Table 4 MICs of several antimicrobials against different resistance phenotypes of E. faecalis isolated from wells of water for human consumption

From: Virulence, bacterocin genes and antibacterial susceptibility in Enterococcus faecalis strains isolated from water wells for human consumption

Median MIC (range) (mg/L)

Resistance phenotype

Numbers of strains

T

A

V

C

M

Ch

G

E

T A Ch G

8

64 (16–256)

16 (4–128)

   

64 (32–256)

16 (8–128)

 

G A Ch E

10

 

16 (8–64)

   

64 (32–128)

32 (16–64)

16 (8–64)

T A Ch E

7

32 (8–128)

8 (8–64)

   

16 (8–128)

 

16 (8–64)

T G A

11

64 (16–128)

8 (8–64)

    

32 (16–128)

 

T Ch

14

64 (16–256)

    

64 (32–256)

  

A G

6

 

16 (8–128)

    

32 (16–256)

 

T C

4

32 (8–128)

  

8 (4–32)

    

C M

2

   

8 (4–32)

16 (32–128)

   

Ch

5

     

64 (32–256)

  

T

6

64 (16–128)

       

G

5

      

32 (16–256)

 

Total

78

        
  1. T: tetracycline; A: ampicillin; V: vancomycin ; C: ciprofloxacin; M: moxifloxacin; Ch: chloramphenicol; G: gentamicin; E: erythromicin.