Method of detecting β-lactam antibiotic induced vancomycin resistant MRSA (BIVR)
Method of detecting β-lactam antibiotic induced vancomycin resistant MRSA (BIVR)
复制标题
DOI:
10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2003.05.018
复制
发表时间:
2004-01-01
影响因子:
10.8
通讯作者:
Sunakawa, K
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Hanaki, H;Yamaguchi, Y;Sunakawa, K
Despite the fact that the combination of vancomycin and a beta-lactam antibiotic are known to act synergistically on vancomycin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (VSSA), some MRSA have emerged showing antagonism to the combination of vancomycin and a beta-lactam antibiotic. These MRSA are called beta-lactam antibiotic-induced vancomycin resistant MRSA (BIVR). A method based on this antagonistic phenomenon has been devised to detect BIVR strains. The method inhibits the VSSA strain but allows the BIVR strain to grow. Forty-six commercially available beta-lactam antibiotics induced the vancomycin-resistance. Using this detection method, 717 MRSA clinical isolates obtained from eight institutes throughout Japan were thus screened and 6.3% of these were detected as BIVR when judged at 48 h. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. and the International Society of Chemotherapy. All rights reserved.