Table 1 Comparison of antibiotic resistance profiles

From: Towards individualized diagnostics of biofilm-associated infections: a case study

 

MIC

 

MBC

 

BAS

 

Percentage (%)

Aztreonam (107 isolates included)

Resistant

62

Resistant

62

Resistant

50

80.6

   

Intermediate

0

+

7

11.3

   

Sensitive

0

++

2

3.2

     

+++

3

4.8

 

Intermediate

23

Resistant

21

Resistant

21

91.3

   

Intermediate

2

+

1

4.3

   

Sensitive

0

++

1

4.3

     

+++

 

0.0

 

Sensitive

22

Resistant

0

Resistant

14

63.6

   

Intermediate

22a

+

3

13.6

   

Sensitive

0

++

5

22.7

     

+++

0

0.0

Tobramycin (114 isolates incl.)

Resistant

40

Resistant

40

Resistant

28

70.0

     

+

6

15.0

   

Sensitive

0

++

5

12.5

     

+++

1

2.5

 

Sensitive

74

Resistant

39

Resistant

49

66.2

     

+

8

10.8

   

Sensitive

35

++

10

13.5

     

+++

7

9.5

Colistin (115 isolates incl.)

Resistant

13

Resistant

13

Resistant

1

7.7

     

+

0

0.0

   

Sensitive

0

++

3

23.1

     

+++

9

69.2

 

Sensitive

102

Resistant

23

Resistant

1

1.0

     

+

7

6.9

   

Sensitive

79

++

33

32.4

     

+++

61

59.8

  1. a The MBC of 16 isolates was ≥8 µg ml−1 and, thus, either intermediate or resistant