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Table 1 Sensitivity of S. pneumoniae to different antimicrobials by the disc diffusion assay

From: Effect of Ampicillin on the kinetics of colonization of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Lactobacillus fermentum in the respiratory tract of mice

Antibiotic

Concentration (ug)

Diameter (mm)

Results

  

R (1)

S (2)

 

Oxacillin

1

-

≥20

24

Vancomycin

30

-

≥17

22

Chloramphenicol

30

≤20

≥21

24

Tetracycline

30

≤18

≥23

32

Rifampicin

5

≤16

≥19

28

Ciprofloxacin

5

≤13

≥17

29

Trimetoprim+Sulphametoxazol

1.25 + 23.75

≤15

≥19

26

Claritromicin

15

≤16

≥21

25

  1. (1) Resistant, (2) Sensitive.