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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, December 2003, p. 3760-3763, Vol. 47, No. 12
0066-4804/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.12.3760-3763.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

In Vitro Activity of Daptomycin against Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci of Various Van Types and Comparison of Susceptibility Testing Methods

James H. Jorgensen,1* Sharon A. Crawford,1 Cynthia C. Kelly,2 and Jan E. Patterson1,2

Department of Pathology,1 Department of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 782292

Received 27 March 2003/ Returned for modification 19 August 2003/ Accepted 9 September 2003

The increasing prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococcal (VRE) infections and the limited number of antimicrobial agents for their treatment emphasize a need for new, more effective agents. In this study, the in vitro activity of daptomycin was determined against a collection of 156 VRE from seven different institutions. Van types were characterized by PCR, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis was performed to exclude isolates with >85% relatedness by dendrogram. Included were 126 Enterococcus faecium (109 vanA, 17 vanB) isolates, 5 Enterococcus faecalis (3 vanA, 2 vanB) isolates, 2 Enterococcus avium (vanA) isolates, 1 Enterococcus durans (vanA) isolate, 10 Enterococcus gallinarum (vanC1) isolates, and 12 Enterococcus casseliflavus (vanC2) isolates. MICs of daptomycin and five additional agents were determined by the NCCLS broth microdilution method with Mueller-Hinton (MH) broth containing supplemental calcium. MICs were also determined using two investigational E-test strip formulations, and disk diffusion testing was performed by the standard NCCLS method. The MIC of daptomycin at which 50% of the isolates tested were inhibited for this isolate collection was 4 µg/ml, and the MIC at which 90% of the isolates tested were inhibited was 8 µg/ml. Two isolates of vanA E. faecium were resistant to linezolid, and one isolate was resistant to quinupristin-dalfopristin. MICs of daptomycin determined by the E test with and without added calcium varied by 8- to 16-fold, and disk diffusion zones varied by 3 to 6 mm according to the calcium content of the commercial MH agar lots used in the study. This study has shown daptomycin to have good activity against a diverse collection of contemporary VRE isolates. However, improved standardization of the calcium content of MH agar will be important for reliable testing of daptomycin by clinical laboratories using either the E test or disk diffusion methods.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr., San Antonio, TX 78229. Phone: (210) 567-4088. Fax: (210) 567-2367. E-mail: jorgensen{at}uthscsa.edu.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, December 2003, p. 3760-3763, Vol. 47, No. 12
0066-4804/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.12.3760-3763.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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