Journal article
Detection of Staphylococcus aureus isolates with heterogeneous intermediate-level resistance to vancomycin in the United States
Journal of clinical microbiology, Vol.49(12), pp.4203-4207
12/2011
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01152-11
PMCID: PMC3232953
PMID: 21976769
Abstract
The prevalence of heterogeneous intermediate-level resistance to vancomycin (hVISA) in Staphylococcus aureus was assessed by screening a large collection of recent isolates. Susceptibility testing by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute broth microdilution method and the Etest GRD (glycopeptide resistance detection) method (bioMérieux) was performed on 4,210 clinically significant S. aureus isolates obtained in 2009 from 43 U.S. centers. Isolates with Etest GRD-positive results for hVISA were evaluated further by repeat GRD testing and population analysis profiling-area under the curve (PAP-AUC) analysis. No VISA (vancomycin MIC, 4 to 8 μg/ml) or vancomycin-resistant (MIC ≥ 16 μg/ml) strains were detected. The Etest GRD screen for hVISA was initially positive for 68 isolates (1.6%; all by teicoplanin MIC ≥ 8 μg/ml at 24 or 48 h). Among those 68 isolates, 45 were reproducibly GRD positive. PAP-AUC testing confirmed only 11 isolates as hVISA (all had reproducible GRD-positive results). The 11 hVISA isolates were from nine medical centers and appeared genetically diverse (ten different PFGE types). The rates of resistance (including intermediate) for hVISA were as follows: oxacillin, 82%; erythromycin, 82%; clindamycin, 73%; levofloxacin, 73%; trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, 9%; and daptomycin, 9%. All hVISA isolates were susceptible to linezolid, tigecycline, and ceftaroline. Our data suggest that the overall prevalence of hVISA in the United States is low (0.3%). The hVISA isolates represented 10.5% of isolates with vancomycin MICs of 2 μg/ml and 0.1% of isolates with vancomycin MICs of 1 μg/ml. The positive predictive value of GRD Etest for hVISA was 16.2% for initial screen positive and 24.4% for reproducibly positive results.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Detection of Staphylococcus aureus isolates with heterogeneous intermediate-level resistance to vancomycin in the United States
- Creators
- Sandra S Richter - Department of Clinical Pathology Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue/L40, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. richtes@ccf.orgSarah W SatolaEmily K CrispellKristopher P HeilmannCassie L DohrnFathollah RiahiAndrew J CostelloDaniel J DiekemaGary V Doern
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of clinical microbiology, Vol.49(12), pp.4203-4207
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1128/JCM.01152-11
- PMID
- 21976769
- PMCID
- PMC3232953
- ISSN
- 1098-660X
- eISSN
- 1098-660X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2011
- Academic Unit
- Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology; Pathology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9983986369902771
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