title: In vitro activity of daptomycin against methicillin- and multi-resistant Staphylococcus haemolyticus invasive isolates carrying different mec complexes.
abstract: Fifty methicillin and multi-resistant Staphylococcus haemolyticus (MRSH) strains, were tested against daptomycin and comparators. Daptomycin showed an overall MIC(90) value of 1 mg/L, similar to that of quinopristin/dalfopristin and lower than the values for vancomycin (2 mg/L), linezolid (2 mg/L) and teicoplanin (32 mg/L). Eighteen strains showed heteroresistant subpopulations with teicoplanin, whereas two strains were also heteroresistant to vancomycin and these sub-populations retained susceptibility to daptomycin. Our results show the good in vitro activity of daptomycin in MRSH strains possessing a multi-resistant phenotype. Clinical data on daptomycin efficacy are necessary to confirm our in vitro findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: Floriana
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Campanile
authors.forename: Dafne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bongiorno
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Borbone
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Falcone
authors.forename: Maddalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giannella
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Venditti
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stefani
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017576:Daptomycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance / Q000235:genetics*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D041162:Staphylococcus haemolyticus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D017576:Daptomycin