Clinical Microbiology, Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Cote Ste. Catherine Rd., Montreal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada.
J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Dec;49(12):4319-21. doi: 10.1128/JCM.05100-11. Epub 2011 Oct 12.
We tested the activities of rifampin (RIF) and rifaximin (RFX) against 180 Clostridium difficile clinical isolates selected from Canadian and Italian culture collections. MICs were determined by CLSI agar dilution for both drugs and by Etest for RIF. Sixteen of 85 Italian isolates (18.8%) showed high-level resistance to both rifamycins (MICs, >16 μg/ml), compared to 2 of 95 (2.1%) Canadian isolates. Two new rpoB mutations were identified in rifamycin-resistant isolates. RIF susceptibility by Etest correlated completely with susceptibility to both rifamycins determined by agar dilution.
我们测试了利福平(RIF)和利福昔明(RFX)对 180 株来自加拿大和意大利菌种库的艰难梭菌临床分离株的活性。两种药物的 MIC 均通过 CLSI 琼脂稀释法测定,RIF 的 MIC 则通过 Etest 测定。与 95 株加拿大分离株中的 2 株(2.1%)相比,85 株意大利分离株中有 16 株(18.8%)对两种利福霉素均显示高水平耐药。在耐药株中鉴定出两种新的 rpoB 突变。Etest 法检测的 RIF 敏感性与琼脂稀释法检测的两种利福霉素的敏感性完全相关。