Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Genetic Characterisation of Burkholderia pseudomallei Isolated from Malaysian Patients

Table 3

Broth microdilution and Etest MICs of 81 B. pseudomallei isolates.

Antimicrobial agent	MIC (mg/L)
	Broth dilution			Etest
	Range	50%	90%	Range	50%	90%
Chloramphenicol	4–16	8	16	0.25–24	3	8
Amoxiclin/clavulanic acid	4–8	8	8	0.125–2	0.25	0.25
Doxycycline	0.5–1	0.5	1	0.19–16	0.19	16
Meropenem	3-4	2	4^a	1–4	1	1.5
Imipenem	0.5–1	0.5	1^a	0.094–8	0.094	0.125
Ceftazidime	2–64	2	4^a	0.125–128	0.250	0.5
Tigecycline	3-4	2	6	0.5–32	3	6
Clarithromycin	4–16	4	16	1.5–48	1	32
Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole	4–64	16	64	0.003–0.25	0.032	0.125

Foot note: ^amultidrug resistant isolates.