Evaluations of the Effects of Extremely Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields on Growth and Antibiotic Susceptibility of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Table 1

MIC values (μg/mL) for E. coli and P. aeruginosa exposed or not exposed to ELF-EMF (sinusoidal wave; 2 mT; 50 Hz).

Strains
	E. coli	E. coli/ELF-EMF	P. aeruginosa	P. aeruginosa/ELF-EMF
Antibiotics
KAN	4	4	nd	nd
AMK	1	1	2	2
AMP	8	8	nd	nd
CFZ	4	4	nd	nd
CAZ	0.12	0.12	2	2
CRO	0.12	0.12	32	32
MOX	0.12	0.12	32	32
LVX	0.03	0.03	4	4

KAN: kanamycin; AMK: amikacin; AMP: ampicillin; CFZ: cefazolin; CAZ: ceftazidime; CRO: ceftriaxone; MOX: moxalactam; LVX: levofloxacin; E. coli: ATCC 25922; P. aeruginosa: ATCC 27853.