Comparison of teicoplanin disk diffusion and broth microdilution methods against clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and S. epidermidis
Braz. j. microbiol
; Braz. j. microbiol;42(4): 1265-1268, Oct.-Dec. 2011. ilus, tab
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ABSTRACT
The CLSI M100-S19 document has recommended the disuse of vancomycin disks for staphylococci and informed that studies on the action of teicoplanin in disk-diffusion testing should be performed. We describe the comparison of two methods, disk diffusion and broth microdilution, for determining teicoplanin susceptibility in clinical isolates of staphylococci. Overall results showed an aggregation rate of 96.8 percent; Staphylococcus aureus showed total agreement while S. epidermidis showed 93.8 percent of agreement. According to these local results, disk diffusion can still be employed to teicoplanin susceptibility determination for staphylococci in our institution.
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Assunto principal:
Infecções Estafilocócicas
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Staphylococcus aureus
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Staphylococcus epidermidis
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Resistência Microbiana a Medicamentos
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Teicoplanina
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Técnicas e Procedimentos Diagnósticos
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Suscetibilidade a Doenças
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Braz. j. microbiol
Assunto da revista:
MICROBIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2011
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Article