title: False susceptibility to amikacin by VITEK 2 in Acinetobacter baumannii harboring armA.
abstract: Amikacin (AN) is the most active aminoglycoside for the treatment of infections caused by Acinetobacter baumannii. The VITEK 2 automated system showed false susceptibility to AN for the A. baumannii isolate harboring armA. This phenomenon was not observed in the Serratia marcescens isolate harboring armA, but was detected in its transconjugant E. coli J53.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory Medicine Department, St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sunkyung
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Jin Kyung
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Sang Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Kang Gyun
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Dong Wook
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Jekarl
authors.forename: Kyungja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Yeon-Joon
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000583:Amikacin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002258:Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone / Q000494:pharmacology; D052978:Disk Diffusion Antimicrobial Tests; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial / Q000187:drug effects*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D002258:Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone; D000583:Amikacin