Research Article

Strategy for the Generation of Engineered Bone Constructs Based on Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Expanded with Human Platelet Lysate

Table 1

Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of antibiotics tested on bacterial isolates after microbiological screening of umbilical cords.

MicroorganismMinimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) in μg/mL
AmpicillinCephalothinGentamicinVancomycin
MICSIMICSIMICSIMICSI

Escherichia coliGram-negative bacilli≤2S4S≤1S
Sphingomonas paucimobilis4S≤1S
Staphylococcus cohniiCoagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS)≤0.5S1S
Staphylococcus epidermidis4S≤0.5S
Staphylococcus auricularis≤0.5S1S
Staphylococcus lugdunensis4S≤0.5S
Staphylococcus saccharolyticus1S1S
Staphylococcus aureusCoagulase-positive staphylococci≤0.5S1S
Enterococcus faecalisEnterococcus≤2S≤0.5S

Abbreviations: SI = susceptibility interpretation; S = sensitive; I = intermediate; R = resistant.