Research Article
[Retracted] Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of ESβL Producers Isolated from the Mobile Phones
Table 3
MIC values for respective antibiotics obtained for the isolates from mobiles.
| Antibiotics | Interpretative criteria (mcg) as per CLSI guidelines/MIC values of the study isolates obtained | S | I | R |
| Amikacin | 16/46 isolates | 32/12 isolates | 64/8 isolates | Ampicillin | 8/12 isolates | 16/5 isolates | 32/49 isolates | Cefepime | 2 (>1 mcg)/24 isolates | 4–8/11 isolates | 16/31 isolates | Imipenem | 2 (0.25 mcg)/46 isolates | 4/20 isolates | 8/None | Meropenem | 1 mcg (0.25 mcg)/46 isolates | 2/None | 4/20 isolates | Benzylpenicillin | 0.12/23 isolates | — | 0.25/16 isolates | Gentamicin | 4/16 isolates | 8/11 isolates | 18/5 isolates | 1 mcg/51 isolates | Vancomycin | 2 (1 mcg)/21 isolates | 4–8/5 isolates | 16/5 isolates | Oxacillin | 2 (1 mcg)/12 isolates | — | 4/24 isolates |
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