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Pivmecillinam – Oral Products

	Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations (mcg/mL)			Disk Diffusion^a (zone diameters in mm)
Pathogen^b	S	I	R	S	I	R
Enterobacterales^c	M100 standard is recognized

S = susceptible; I = intermediate; R = resistant
^a For disk diffusion, use paper disks impregnated with 10 mcg mecillinam.
^b Susceptibility interpretive criteria are based on a dose of 185 mg pivmecillinam orally three times a day.
^c Clinical efficacy was shown for Escherichia coli and Proteus mirabilis in patients with uncomplicated urinary tract infections.

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