TABLE 1.
Species identifications, antimicrobial susceptibility profiles, ribotyping patterns, and detection of mecA gene among CoNS recently isolated at Hospital São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
| Bacterial strain | Vitek identity | Disk diffusion zones (mm)
|
MIC (μg/ml)a
|
Ribogroup | mecA gene | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OXAb | CFX | OXA | VAN | TP | LZ | LEV | TMP-SMX | ||||
| 438308 | S. epidermidis | 10 | 26 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.38 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 145-5 | Positive |
| 413321 | S. epidermidis | 10 | 26 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 16.0 | 3.0 | 154-6 | Positive |
| 370018 | S. epidermidis | 12 | 29 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.38 | 0.094 | 0.19 | 154-3 | Positive |
| 420689 | S. epidermidis | 12 | 27 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 0.75 | 0.125 | >32.0 | 154-4 | Positive |
| 420387 | S. epidermidis | 10 | 26 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 2.0 | 0.064 | 154-5 | Positive |
a
Determined by Etest (Solna, Sweden).
b
CFX, cefoxitin; LEV, levofloxacin; LZ, linezolid; OXA, oxacillin; TP, teicoplanin; VAN, vancomycin; TMP-SMX, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.