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Home > Vol 32, No 4 (2014) > Hortiwakul

In Vitro Activities of Vancomycin, Fosfomycin, Fusidic Acid and Linezolid Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Year 2011-2012

Thanaporn Hortiwakul, Pisud Siripaitoon, Natnicha Ingviriya

Abstract

Objective: To determine in vitro activities of vancomycin, fosfomycin, fusidic acid and linezolid against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated in Songklanagarind Hospital, collected during the period July 2011 to December 2012.

Material and Method: The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of these antibiotics were determined by the Epsilon-test method, and heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (hVISA) screening was done by one point population analysis (OPA).

Results: Of the 96 MRSA isolates tested, the results showed 100 percent susceptibility to vancomycin, linezolid and fusidic acid, but only 46 percent susceptibility to fosfomycin. No hVISA was found among MRSA screened by one point population analysis.

Conclusion: MRSA isolates in Songklanagarind Hospital are still susceptible to standand anti-MRSA except for fosfomycin, and a surveillance for hVISA screening should be continued.

 Keywords

fosfomycin; heterogeneous vancomycin- intermediate Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA; vancomycin; เชื้อดื้อยาแวนโคมัยซินแอบแฝงในเชื้อที่ไว; เชื้อ Staphylococcus aureus ดื้อยาแมททิซิลิน; ฟอสโฟมัยซิน; แวนโคมัยซิน

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About The Authors

Thanaporn Hortiwakul
Infections Disease Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand
Thailand

Pisud Siripaitoon
Infections Disease Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand
Thailand

Natnicha Ingviriya
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand
Thailand

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