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11750170

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-12-25
pubmed:abstractText
The prevalence of low-level resistance to glycopeptides (teicoplanin MIC > or = 8 microg/mL and vancomycin MIC > or = 4 microg/mL) among staphylococci was investigated over a 15 month period. A total of 2,279 isolates (1,519 S. aureus, 760 coagulase-negative staphylococcus (CNS)) were screened using inoculum of 10(6) CFU/mL and Mueller-Hinton agars supplemented with 8 microg/mL of teicoplanin. Of these, 218 isolates (136 S. aureus and 82 CNS) grew on the screening agar. For these isolates, teicoplanin and vancomycin MICs were determined by agar dilution method and a vancomycin agar screening method was evaluated. The prevalence of low-level resistance to teicoplanin and vancomycin was 7.8% and 0.1% for S. aureus and 8.8% and 0.8% for CNS, respectively. The brain heart infusion agar containing 4 microg/mL of vancomycin failed to detect two out of eight staphylococcal isolates with vancomycin MICs of 4 microg/mL. Furthermore, the method appeared to lack reproducibility. Considering the increasing incidence of vancomycin treatment failure in staphylococcal infection, a more reliable screening method is required.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0732-8893
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
155-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Low-level resistance to glycopeptides amongst staphylococcus species: surveillance in a university hospital and evaluation of a vancomycin screening agar.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, the Catholic University of Korea, Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, South Korea. yjpk@cmc.cuk.ac.kr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Evaluation Studies