Table 1.
Bacterial strains.
| Class | Microorganisms | Antimicrobial susceptibility | Source | Strain designation (equivalent designation) | Strain characteristics | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gram-positive | Staphylococcus aureus | MSSA | ATCC | ATCC 29213 | 4 | |
| MRSA | AMC | AMCSA 5016 (ST5) | Sequence type 5, SCCmec II strain, agr functional | 5 | ||
| MRSA | AMC | AMCSA 5013 (ST72) | Sequence type 72, SCCmec IV, agr functional | 5 | ||
| MRSA | AMC | AMCSA 3416 (ST239) | Sequence type ST239, SCCmec III, agr dysfunctional | 5 | ||
| hVISA | ATCC | ATCC 700698 (Mu3) | 6 | |||
| VISA | ATCC | ATCC 700699 (Mu50) | 6 | |||
| Enterococcus species | VSE | ATCC | ATCC29212 | 7 | ||
| VRE | KNRRC | CCARM5024 | 8 | |||
| Gram-negative | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | CSPA | ATCC | ATCC27853 | 9 | |
| CRPA | KNRRC | CCARM2321 | 10 | |||
| Acinetobacter baumannii | CSAB | ATCC | ATCC19606 | 11 | ||
| CRAB | AMC | AMC-AB 643 | 10 | |||
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | wild type | ATCC | ATCC13883 | 12 | ||
| CRE | AMC | AMC-KP24272 | K. pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing strain | 10 | ||
| Escherichia coli | wild type | ATCC | ATCC25922 | 13 | ||
| CRE | AMC | AMC-EC22365 | New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase (NDM-1) producing strain | 10 |
MSSA methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, hVISA heteroresistant vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus, VISA vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus, VSE vancomycin-sensitive Enterococcus faecium, VRE vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis, CSPA carbapenem-susceptible Pseudomonas aeruginosa, CRPA carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, CSAB carbapenem-susceptible Acinetobacter baumannii, CRAB carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, CRE carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, ATCC American Type Culture Collection (Manassas, VA, USA), AMC Asan Medical Center (Seoul, Korea), KNRRC Korea National Research Resource Center (Seoul, Korea).