Bactericidal activity and eradication capacity of organ culture medium according to the bacteria and the inoculum. Because of the definition of bactericidal activity,* for 103and 102 inocula, only eradication was checked
Inoculum | ||||||
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107 | 105 | 103 Eradication | 102 Eradication | |||
Bacteria | Bactericidal* | Eradication†| Bactericidal | Eradication | ||
*Bactericidal activity = 4 log10 decrease in colony forming unit/ml after 48 hours. | ||||||
†Eradication = lack of survival of bacteria after 48 hours | ||||||
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus | no | no | no | no | no | no |
Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus | yes | no | yes | no | yes | yes |
Staphylococcus epidermidis | no | no | no | no | yes | yes |
Staphylococcus haemolyticus | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | no | no | no | no | yes | yes |
Acinetobacter baumannii | no | no | no | no | yes | yes |
Bacillus subtilis | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Klebsiella pneumoniae | no | no | yes | no | yes | yes |
Enterococcus faecalis | yes | no | yes | no | yes | yes |
Streptococcus pneumoniae | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Branhamella catarrhalis | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Escherichia coli | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Propionibacterium acnes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Haemophilus influenzae | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |