Table 3

Time kill results, expressed as average reduction of log10 of CFU/ml, of tigecycline against five A. baumannii strains with different susceptibilities to carbapenems.

Concentration of tigecycline
2 h
4 h
8 h
24

MIC
0.6 × 10-1
3 × 10-2
3 × 10-2
3 × 10-2
2 × MIC
0.8 × 10-1
2.4 × 10-2
1.3 × 10-2
1.4 × 10-2
4 × MIC
1 × 10-1
1.4 × 10-2
1.2 × 10-2
1.2 × 10-2

Mezzatesta et al. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2008 7:4   doi:10.1186/1476-0711-7-4