• Department of Laboratory Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
KangMei, Email: 1285214942@qq.com
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Objective To detect the in vitro susceptibility of common clinical multidrug-resistant bacteria to tigecycline by disk diffusion (KB), minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) test strip (MTS) and Vitek 2 Compact methods, in order to evaluate the accuracy of the three different susceptibility testing methods. Methods A total of 140 multidrug-resistant isolates (excluding Pseudomonas aeruginosa) were collected retrospectively from West China Hospital between January 2014 and March 2015. The inhibitory zone diameters and MIC of tigecycline were determined by KB, Vitek 2 Compact system and MTS respectively. The results of Vitek 2 Compact system and KB method were compared with that of MTS. Results Among the 140 multidrug-resistant isolates, 119 were Acinetobacter baumannii, and 21 were Enterobacteriaceae. According to the US Food and Drug Administration standards, the sensitivity rates of 119 Acinetobacter baumannii isolates to tigecycline were 88.2%, 85.7%, and 90.8% respectively for KB method, Vitek 2 Compact system and MTS, and those of 21 Enterobacteriaceae were 76.2%, 81.0%, and 81.0%, respectively. Conclusions Tigecycline displays effective in vitro antibacterial activity to clinical common multidrug-resistant bacteria (excluding Pseudomonas aeruginosa), but different susceptibility testing methods have shown different susceptibility rates. For Acinetobacter baumannii, KB method is superior to Vitek 2 Compact system, and for Enterobacteriaceae, Vitek 2 Compact system is superior to KB method.

Citation: ShuLing, DengJin, WuSiying, KangMei. Analysis and Evaluation of in vitro Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test for Tigecycline. West China Medical Journal, 2016, 31(10): 1697-1700. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201600467 Copy

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