Daptomycin susceptibility of unusual gram-positive bacteria: comparison of results obtained by the Etest and the broth microdilution method

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007 Apr;51(4):1570-2. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01352-06. Epub 2007 Jan 12.

Abstract

MICs of daptomycin, linezolid, and vancomycin against 212 isolates, including Listeria monocytogenes and Pediococcus, Leuconostoc, Rhodococcus, and Nocardia spp., were determined by the broth microdilution method; daptomycin MICs were also determined by the Etest. Except with those for Leuconostoc spp., daptomycin Etest MICs showed >90% agreement with MICs obtained by the broth microdilution method.

MeSH terms

  • Culture Media
  • Daptomycin / pharmacology*
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria / drug effects*
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria / isolation & purification*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests / instrumentation
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests / methods*

Substances

  • Culture Media
  • Daptomycin