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. 2023 Oct 11;12(11):2545–2565. doi: 10.1007/s40121-023-00881-3

Table 1.

Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of the 4995/20 isolate of E. faecium

Compound MIC (mg/l) EUCAST breakpoint (R) ECOFFa/TECOFFb/PK/PDc Interpretationd Determinant
Vancomycin  > 256  > 4 R vanA, vanB
Teicoplanin 256  > 2 R vanA
Dalbavancin  > 256 n/a  > 0.25c R vanA
Oritavancin 0.06 n/a  > 0.06a,f S n/p
Telavancin 2 n/a  > 0.5a R vanA
Linezolid 8  > 4 R poxtA
Tedizolid 1.5 n/a  > 1a R poxtA
Tigecycline 2  > 0.25 R [tet(M), tet(L)]e
Tetracycline 48 n/a  > 4a R [tet(M), tet(L)]e
Doxycycline 32 n/a  > 0.5a R [tet(M), tet(L)]e
Minocycline 2 n/a  > 0.5b R [tet(M), tet(L)]e
Omadacycline 0.5 n/a  > 0.25a R [tet(M), tet(L)]e
Eravacycline 1.5  > 0.125 R [tet(M), tet(L)]e
Penicillin  > 256 n/a  > 16a R n/d
Ampicillin  > 256  > 8 R n/d
Imipenem  > 64  > 4 R n/d
Gentamicin  > 1024  > 128 HLGR aac(6')-aph(2'')
Streptomycin 2048  > 512 HLSR ant(6)-Ia, ant(6')-Ii
Ciprofloxacin  > 256  > 4 R S80I in ParC, S83I in GyrA
Levofloxacin  > 256  > 4 R S80I in ParC, S83I in GyrA
Moxifloxacin  > 256 n/a  > 1a R S80I in ParC, S83I in GyrA
Rifampicin  > 256 n/a  > 8a,f R S491F in RpoB
Quinupristin/dalfopristin 2  > 4 S n/p
Daptomycin 4 n/a  > 8a S See text
Chloramphenicol 64 n/a  > 32a R fexB
Erythromycin 1.5 n/a  > 4a S n/p
Fosfomycin  > 256 n/a  > 128a,f R Unknown
Nitrofurantoin (100 μg disc) 10 mm inhibition zone  < 15 mmf  < 15 mma,f R See text

aECOFF, ecological cut-off (used when the EUCAST breakpoint was not available)

bTECOFF, tentative ECOFF

cPK/PD, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic breakpoint; n/p, not applicable; n/a, not available; n/d, not determined; R, resistant; S, susceptible

dHLGR, high-level gentamicin resistance; HLSR, high-level streptomycin resistance

eIncreased copy number

fAvailable for E. faecalis only