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Table 3 List of antibiotics used in this study

From: Virulence-associated genes and antibiotic resistance patterns of Vibrio spp. isolated from cultured marine fishes in Malaysia

Antimicrobial class

Antimicrobial agent

Code

Dose

Zone diameter interpretive criteria

    

Sensitive

Intermediate

Resistance

Cell envelope antibiotics

   

 Penicillins

Ampicillin

AMP

10 μg

≥17

14–16

13

Penicillin G

P

10 unit

≥29

21–28

≤20

 Cephems

Cefotaxime

CTX

30 μg

≥26

19–24

≤18

Cefepime

FEP

30 μg

≥25

19–24

≤18

Cephalothin

KF

30 μg

≥18

15–17

≤14

Protein synthesis inhibitors

   

 Aminoglycosides

Gentamycin

CN

10 μg

≥15

12–14

≤11

Kanamycin

K

30 μg

≥18

14–17

≤13

Streptomycin

S

10 μg

≥15

12–14

≤11

 Tetracyclines

Tetracycline

TE

30 μg

≥

 

≤

Nucleic acid inhibitors

 Quinolones

Ciprofloxacin

CIP

5 μg

≥21

16–20

≤15

 

Nalidixic acid

NA

30 μg

≥19

14–18

≤13

 DNA inhibitors

Nitrofurantoin

F

300 μg

≥17

15–16

≤14

 Potentiated sulfonamides

Sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim

SXT

1.25/23.75 μg

≥16

11–15

≤10

Phenicol derivatives

 Chloramphenicols

Chloramphenicol

C

30 μg

≥18

13–17

≤12

Transpeptidation/Translocation

 Macrolides

Erythromycin

E

15 μg

≥18

14–17

≤13

Glycopeptide

 Polypeptides

Vancomycin

VA

30 μg

≥12

10–11

≤9

  1. Zone diameter interpretive criteria were referred to the performance standards proposed by Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute [44, 46], with the exception for erythromycin and vancomycin which referred to Bauer et al. [47]