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Table 5 MIC [mg/ml] values for drugs “last resort” of the MRSA patients in different age categories

From: Longevity and gender as the risk factors of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in southern Poland

„Last-resort” drugs

Young old

Old-old

Longevity

Vancomycin [N = 136]

MIC 50

0.75

0.75

0.5

MIC 90

1

1

1.5

Teicoplanin [N = 136]

MIC 50

1

1

0.75

MIC 90

2

3

3

Tigecycline [N = 230]

MIC 50

0.094

0.094

0.094

MIC 90

0.19

0.25

0.38

  1. Abbreviations: MIC 50 minimum inhibitory concentration, that inhibits 50% of bacterial isolates, MIC 90 minimum inhibitory concentration, that inhibits 90% of bacterial isolates