Table 1 Antibiotic susceptibility of S. mutans after treatment with different l-arginine concentrations (µM)
Exposure time | 5 h | 24 h | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antibiotics | Arg 0 (Ctrl) | Arg 5 | Arg 10 | Arg 50 | Arg 100 | Arg 0 (Ctrl) | Arg 5 | Arg 10 | Arg 50 | Arg 100 |
CTR | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 25 |
TET | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 27 |
AMC-Clav | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 22 |
CIPR | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
CTX | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
AMP | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 |
VAN | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 |
CAZ | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
AMI | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
DOX | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |