International dissemination of Escherichia coli strains with discrepant behaviour in phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility tests.

Autor: Creely D; bioMérieux Inc., 595 Anglum Rd., Hazelwood, St. Louis, MO, USA., Zambardi G, van Belkum A, Dunne WM Jr, Peyret M, Gayral JP, Shortridge D, Shubert C
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology [Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis] 2013 Aug; Vol. 32 (8), pp. 997-1002. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Feb 09.
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-013-1837-5
Abstrakt: Preventing the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance depends on appropriate antibiotic stewardship and accurate antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST). We report the international dissemination of Escherichia coli strains, showing discrepancies between reference methods when phenotypically tested for susceptibility to piperacillin/tazobactam (TZP). We demonstrate that these related strains are predisposed to problematic TZP AST interpretations.
Databáze: MEDLINE