Open AccessEvaluation of the Automated Vitek 2 System for Detection of Various Mechanisms of Macrolide and Lincosamide Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
Author(s) -
Lorenzo Filippin,
Sandrine Roisin,
C. hoff,
Stien Vandendriessche,
Amélie Heinrichs,
Olivier Denis
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.01617-14
Subject(s) - lincosamides , staphylococcus aureus , microbiology and biotechnology , efflux , biology , staphylococcus , antibiotic resistance , antibiotics , bacteria , genetics
We evaluated the performance of the automated Vitek 2 system against disk diffusion for susceptibility testing of Staphylococcus aureus strains showing various resistance mechanisms to macrolides and lincosamides (ML). The Vitek 2 system showed 100% concordance with the D-zone test in detection of the most common resistance mechanisms to ML, including methylase and efflux systems.
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