Table 3. Minimum Inhibitor Concentration (MIC) values of Clostridium difficile strains isolated from meat products

Antibiotic AMP AMC DA IPM MTZ TE VA CTX
Concentration (μg/mL) 256–0.015 256–0.015 256–0.015 32–0.002 256–0.015 256–0.015 256–0.015 256–0.015
MIC breakpoints (μg/mL) ≤0.5–1–≥2 ≤4/2–8/4–16/8 ≤2–4–≥8 ≤4–8–≥16 ≤8–16–≥32 ≤4–8–≥16 ≤2–>2 ≤16–32–≥64
AMP, ampicillin; AMC, amoxycillin/clavulanic acid; DA, clindamycin; IPM, imipenem; TE, tetracycline; VA, vancomycin; CTX, cefotaxime; CLSI, Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; EUCAST, European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing; UM, uncooked meatball; SA, salami; SAU, sausage; SU, sucuk; (S), sensitive; (I), intermediate; (R), resistance.