Volume 7, Number 7—June 2001
THEME ISSUE
International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases 2000
Conference Presentations
Antibacterial Household Products: Cause for Concern
Stuart B. Levy
Table 6
Antibiotic susceptibility of methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus and benzalkonium chloride-resistant derivativesa
| MRSAb |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Antibiotic | Parent | BZ-R-1 | BZ-R-2 |
| Oxacillin | 16.0 | 512 | 512 |
| Cloxacillin | 0.5 | 256 | 512 |
| Moxalactam | 64.0 | 256 | 1024 |
| Flomoxef | 8.0 | 128 | 128 |
| Cefmetazole | 8.0 | 128 | 64 |
| Cephalothin | 64.0 | 128 | 128 |
| Ampicillin | 16.0 | 32 | 32 |
| Chloramphenicol | 4.0 | 4 | 4 |
| Ofloxacin | 8.0 | 32 | 32 |
| Tetracycline | 128.0 | 128 | 128 |
| Benzalkonium chloride | 5.0 | 10 | 10 |
aAdapted from (17).
bMIC (µg/ml) (BZ-R = parent resistant to benzalkonium chloride)
