Table 11 Zone of Inhibition between wafer formulation and standard drug.

From: Calcium alginate medicated dressing for enhanced absorption in diabetic foot ulcer management

Organism Average

Average ZOI (mm)

Wafer discs (mg/ml)

Linezolid(µg/ml)

0.25

0.50

25.0

0.5

1

2

4

8

16

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 43,300.

52.7

61.6

68.1

9.4

11.6

13.8

19.4

23.6

27.2

  1. Standard API ZOI as per the above study.
  2. 0.016 mg (16 µg)-27.2 mm.
  3. 0.25−?
  4. i.e., 0.25 × 27.2/0.016 = 425 mm for standard Linezolid ZOI.
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