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Table 2 Minimal inhibitory concentration of different antimicrobials against 123 Staphylococcus aureus isolates from bloodstream infections

From: Pandemic clone USA300 in a Brazilian hospital: detection of an emergent lineage among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from bloodstream infections

Antimicrobial

MSSA (N = 86)

MRSA (N = 37)

MIC range

MIC50

MIC90

Non-susceptiblea isolates (%)

MIC range

MIC50

MIC90

Non-susceptiblea isolates (%)

Oxacillin

0.25–2

1

2

0

16 to ≥ 256

256

≥ 256

100b

Vancomycin

0.5–2

2

2

0

0.5–2

2

2

0

Teicoplanin

0.25–2

0.5

1

0

0.25–1

0.5

0.5

0

Linezolid

0.25–1

1

1

0

0.25–2

0.5

1

0

Daptomycin

0.5–2

1

2

13.9

0.5–2

1

2

13.5

Ceftaroline

NA

NA

NA

NA

0.25–0.75

0.5

0.75

0

  1. Minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) values for oxacillin, vancomycin, teicoplanin, linezolid and daptomycin were determined by the broth microdilution method and for ceftaroline by the E-test® and presented in mg/L
  2. MSSA, Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; NA, Not applicable
  3. aDetermined according to CLSI interpretation criteria
  4. bIncluding oxacillin-resistant isolates