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Table 2 Susceptibility test of antibiotics (Present case series)

From: Endogenous endophthalmitis caused by group B streptococcus; case reports and review of 35 reported cases

Antibiotics/case

1

2

3

4

5

6

Penicillin-G

S

S

S

N/A

S

S

Ampicillin

S

S

S

S

S

S

Cefazolin

N/A

S

S

S

N/A

N/A

Ceftriaxone

S

N/A

S

S

S

S

Meropenem

N/A

S

S

N/A

S

S

Imipenem

S

S

S

S

N/A

N/A

Vancomycin

N/A

S

S

S

S

S

Erythromycin

S

N/A

N/A

N/A

S

S

Clarithromycin

N/A

S

R

N/A

S

N/A

Clindamycin

N/A

S

R

S

S

S

Minocycline

N/A

S

I

R

N/A

S

Arbekacin

N/A

R

R

N/A

NA

NA

Levofloxacin

R

N/A

R

S

R

R

  1. S Sensitive, R Resistant, I Intermediate, N/A Not available
  2. A susceptibility test of antibiotics was performed with the microdilution method at each facility. All results were interpreted according to the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute standard method.
  3. Susceptibility testing used blood samples in all cases except for case 4, for which ocular samples were used (both aqueous and vitreous samples in this case returned the same result)
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