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Table 1 Summary of antibiotic susceptibility of H. pylori strains under different conditions

From: Nanocluster-mediated photothermia improves eradication efficiency and antibiotic sensitivity of Helicobacter pylori

H. pylori strain

Antibiotics

MIC (µg/mL)

Control

NPs

(41 ℃ 20 min)

NCs

(41 ℃ 20 min)

11,637

Levofloxacin

1.4

0.3

0.8

Clarithromycin

0.125–0.25

0.125–0.25

0.125–0.25

Metronidazole

 > 256

 > 256

 > 256

27,054

Levofloxacin

1.1

0.8

0.5

Clarithromycin

16–24

8–12

6–8

Metronidazole

 > 256

 > 256

 > 256

L2

Levofloxacin

1.2

0.7

0.5

Clarithromycin

0.125–0.25

0.125–0.25

0.125–0.25

Metronidazole

 > 256

 > 256

64–96

  1. MIC breakpoints (µg/mL) (European-Committee): levofloxacin: sensitive (S) ≦ 1, resistant (R) > 1; clarithromycin: S ≦ 0.25, R > 0.5; metronidazole: S ≦ 8, R > 8