Table 1 Summary of minimum inhibitory concentration characteristics by commensal Neisseria species and relationship between species and MIC.

From: Carriage and antimicrobial susceptibility of commensal Neisseria species from the human oropharynx

Antimicrobial

PEN

CRO

CFX

CIP

TET

AZI

GEN

Median MICs (mg/L)

 Neisseria all spp

1

0.06

0.064

0.032

0.5

0.5

4

 N. flavescens

1

0.06

0.047

0.032

0.5

0.25

4

 N. macacae

1.5

0.125

0.064

0.5625

1.5

0.5

3

 N. mucosa

0.5

0.06

0.047

0.016

0.5

0.125

4

 N. perflava

0.5

0.07

0.064

0.016

0.5

1

4

 N. subflava

1

0.06

0.023

0.032

0.5

0.375

4

Neisseria spp (NO ID)

 MICN

101

100

92

92

92

92

92

 Modal MIC

1

0.06

0.064

0.016

0.5

0.032

4

 Range

0.03-4

0.015-8

0.002-0.5

0.008-32

0.032-32

0.016-512

0.5–16

 IQR range

0.5-2

0.06–0.125

0.047–0.094

0.016-0.5

0.25-1

0.06–1.5

2–4

 Geometric mean

0.7

0.07

0.06

0.09

0.81

0.37

3.47

 Kruskall-WallisN

90

88

86

86

86

86

86

 H score

2.56

2.94

3

4.57

2.9

0.61

2.03

 p

0.464

0.4

0.39

0.21

0.41

0.89

0.57

  1. N, numbr of isolates; IQR, interquartile range; PEN, penicillin; CRO, ceftriaxone; CFX, cefixime; CIP, ciprofloxacin; TET, tetracycline; GEN, gentamicin.