title: Susceptibility testing and resistance phenotypes detection in bacterial pathogens using the VITEK 2 System.
abstract: A set of well characterized strains, collected in Polish hospitals, including Gram-negative (n = 93) and Gram-positive (n = 90) isolates was used in the study. The VITEK 2 AST-cards were used in the analysis according to the manufacturer's recommendations. Comparison of the susceptibility data obtained by the standard method and by VITEK 2 cards proved concordant in 99% of cases. Clinically important mechanisms were revealed by the VITEK 2 AES with >95% agreement with reference data including methicillin resistance in staphylococci (98%), high-level aminoglycoside resistance in enterococci (100%), VanA and VanB phenotypes in enterococci (100%), and ESBLs in Enterobacteriaceae (93.8%). The VITEK 2 AES System appears a reliable tool for the detection and interpretive reading of clinically important mechanisms of resistance and can be recommended for routine work.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Microbiology, National Institute of Public Health, Warsaw, Poland. estafaniuk@cls.edu.pl
authors.forename: Elzbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stefaniuk
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mrówka
authors.forename: Waleria
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hryniewicz
mesh_terms: D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010641:Phenotype; D011044:Poland; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity