title: Accuracy of a vancomycin brain heart infusion screening plate for the screening of Staphylococcus aureus isolates with increased vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentrations.
abstract: Vancomycin susceptibility was determined in 125 S. aureus isolates by disk diffusion, microdilution, Etest and vancomycin brain heart infusion (BHI) plate. A 2.0 mg/L vancomycin BHI was highly sensitive (100% and 91% compared to Etest and microdilution) for detecting a MIC≥2 mg/L, and could be used as a simple and affordable screening test.
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Santa Casa School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Navarini
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Santa Casa School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marinês D V
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Martino
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Santa Casa School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Suzete M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Sasagawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Santa Casa School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Irineu F D
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Massaia
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Santa Casa School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil.|Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Santa Casa School of Medicine, São Paul.
authors.forename: Marcelo J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Mimica
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D014640:Vancomycin
keywords: Brain heart infusion; Screening; Staphylococcus aureus; Susceptibility; Vancomycin