Table 2: Antimicrobial activity of the Bacillus subtilis 534 cultural liquid (CL) against clinical isolates of Staphylococcus spp.

Species, clinical isolates Growth inhibition zones of CL, mm The susceptibility/resistance of clinical isolates against 22 medical antibiotics*
R I S Details:**
S. aureus 2476 0 3 0 18 3R: P, AM, LVX
S. capitis sbsp. urealyticus 1133 17 2 0 20 2R: P, AM
S. epidermidis 2480 0 16 0 6 6S: DAP, E, RA, SYN, TE, VA
S. epidermidis 2432 0 16 0 6 6S: DAP, E, RA, SYN, TE, VA
S. epidermidis 2624 25 15 0 5 5S: DAP, LZD, RA, SYN, VA
S. epidermidis 2688 0 16 0 4 4S: DAP, RA, TE, VA
S. epidermidis 1217 (17)*** 11 1 10 10S: C, CC, DAP, LZD, OX, RA, SYN, TE, SXT, VA1I: MXF
S. epidermidis 1259 0 12 0 10 10S: C, CC, DAP, LZD, MXF, RA, SYN, TE, SXT, VA
S. epidermidis 1306 0 6 0 16 6R: AM, E, LVX, P, TE, SXT
S. epidermidis 1319 0 3 1 18 3R: AM, E, P 1I: C
S. epidermidis 1401 0 14 1 7 7S: C, CC, DAP, LZD, RA, SYN, VA 1I: MXF
S. epidermidis 1109 0 11 0 10 10S: C, CC, DAP, LZD, MXF, RA, SYN, TE, SXT, VA
S. haemolyticus 4126 0 17 0 5 5S: DAP, RA, SYN, SXT, VA
S. hominis sbsp. Novobiosepticus 4221 0 14 0 8 8S: SAM, DAP, MXF, OX, RA, SYN, SXT, VA
S. xylosus 1298 0 15 0 6 6S: C, GM, LVX, MXF, TE, SXT

*Antibiotics: AM: Ampicillin; AN: Amikacin; ATM: Aztreonam; C: Chloramphenicol; CC: Clindamycin; DAP: Daptomycin; E: Erythromycin; GM: Gentamicin; IPM: Imipenem; LZD: Linezolid; LVX: Levofloxacin; MEM: Meropenem; MXF: Moxifloxacin; NN: Tobramycin; OX: Oxacillin; P: Penicillin; RA: Rifampin; SAM: Ampicillin/Sulbactam; SXT: Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole; SYN: Synercid; TE: Tetracyclin; VA: Vancomycin.

**R: Resistance; I: Intermediate susceptibility; S: Susceptibility.

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