Table 1 Antibiotic concentrations.

From: Successful topical treatment of human biofilms using multiple antibiotic elution from a collagen-rich hydrogel

Antibiotic

Concentration

MIC

Bacteria used to calculate MIC

Ciprofloxacin

200 μg/mL

100× upper limit

Enterococcus faecalis

Imipenem

400 μg/mL

100× upper limit

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

TMP/SMX

3.2+60.8 mg/mL

100× upper limit

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Gentamicin

1 mg/mL

100× MIC range

Enterococcus faecalis

Clindamycin

100 μg/mL

100× lower limit

Enterococcus faecalis

  1. Concentrations used for each antibiotic in relation to each antibiotic’s MIC.
  2. MIC, minimum inhibitory concentration; TMP/SMX, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
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