title: Daptomycin susceptibility of unusual gram-positive bacteria: comparison of results obtained by the Etest and the broth microdilution method.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei County, and Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yu-Tsung
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chun-Hsing
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Lee-Jeng
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Teng
authors.forename: Po-Ren
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Hsueh
mesh_terms: D003470:Culture Media; D017576:Daptomycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D017576:Daptomycin