D'mello Danaë, Daley Andrew J, Rahman Muhammad Shihab, Qu Yue, Garland Suzanne, Pearce Christopher, Deighton Margaret A
School of Applied Sciences, RMIT University, Plenty Road, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Sep;46(9):3124-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00592-08. Epub 2008 Jul 2.
Nine Staphylococcus capitis isolates from blood cultures of newborns were examined for resistance to vancomycin. MICs were within the susceptible range, but population profiling revealed a resistant subpopulation. Only isolates with the largest subpopulation were identified as heteroresistant to vancomycin by Etest. This finding may have therapeutic implications.
对从新生儿血培养物中分离出的9株头状葡萄球菌进行了万古霉素耐药性检测。最低抑菌浓度(MIC)在敏感范围内,但群体分析显示存在耐药亚群。只有亚群最大的分离株通过Etest法被鉴定为对万古霉素异质性耐药。这一发现可能具有治疗意义。