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DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Volume 64, Issue 2, Pages 191-201Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.03.001
Keywords
ZAAPS; Linezolid; Resistance; Surveillance; 2007
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- Pfizer (New York, NY)
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The 2007 ZAAPS Program reports the results from the 6th year of oxazolidinone (linezolid) resistance Surveillance among Gram-positive pathogens from 23 nations. For 2007, a total of 5591 organisms were systematically sampled from Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, and Latin America including Staphylococcus aureus (3000 isolates, 38.2% methicillin resistant), coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS, 716 isolates), enterococci (906 isolates), Streptococcus pneumoniae (452 isolates), viridans group streptococci (155 isolates), and beta-hemolytic streptococci (362 isolates). The overall linezolid MIC distribution (MIC50, and MIC90 at 1 and 2 mu g/mL, respectively) was unchanged since 2002. At published linezolid breakpoints (<= 2 mu g/mL), all streptococci were susceptible; however, resistance was observed very rarely among S. aureus (0.03%), CoNS (0.28%), and the enterococci (0.11%, 0.55% intermediate). These oxazolidinone-nonsusceptible isolates occurred in Ireland, Italy, China, and Brazil (9 strains), and the rate was not increased since 2006. The detected mechanism of resistance was G2576 target mutations no cfr-mediated patterns were observed. Clonal outbreaks with patient-to-patient dissemination were documented in 1 Italian site. Linezolid appears to retain excellent activity against monitored Gram-positive pathogens at a level of >99.8%. (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier Inc.
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