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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.

From: In vitro activity of tigecycline and comparators against carbapenem-susceptible and resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates in Italy

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