Table 1 Drug sensitivity testing of M. bovis BCG strains.

From: Genomic expression catalogue of a global collection of BCG vaccine strains show evidence for highly diverged metabolic and cell-wall adaptations

BCG strains

Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC, μg/ml)

Streptomycin

Rifampicin

Rifabutin

Ethambutol

Isoniazid

Pasteur

0.125

0.0005

0.002

0.5

1

Japan

0.125

0.0005

0.002

0.5

0.25

Tice

0.125

0.00025

0.002

0.5

1

Danish

0.015

0.000125

0.002

0.5

0,25

Phipps

0.125

0,001

0.002

1

1

Connaught

0.125

0.000125

0.002

1

1

Prague

0.03

0.000125

0.002

1

1.5

Birkhaug

Frappier

0.125

0.0005

0.002

1

1

Glaxo

0.125

0.00025

0.002

1

1

Russia

0.5

0.03

Sweden

0.03

0.002

0.5

0.015

Moreau

China

0.125

00005

0,002

1

1

  1. The sensitivities of fourteen different BCG strains to streptomycin, rifampicin, rifabutin, ethambutol and isoniazid were determined.