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Table 1 Study isolates and susceptibility results

From: Different bacterial gene expression patterns and attenuated host immune responses are associated with the evolution of low-level vancomycin resistance during persistent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusbacteraemia

Isolate Phenotypea MICb(μg/ml) Reference or Comment
   VCM TEIC  
Pair 1     
   JKD 6000 VSSA 2.0 0.5 [12]
   JKD 6001 VISA 4.0 8.0 [12]
Pair 2     
   JKD 6009 VSSA 1.0 0.5 [12]
   JKD 6008 VISA 4.0 2.0 [12]
Pair 3     
   JKD 6021 VSSA 1.0 0.25 [12]
   JKD 6023 VISA 4.0 8.0 [12]
Pair 4     
   JKD 6052 VSSA 1.0 0.5 [12]
   JKD 6051 hVISA 2.0 4.0 [12]
Pair 5     
   JKD 6004 VSSA 1.0 0.5 [12]
   JKD 6005 hVISA 2.0 4.0 [12]
Pair 6 (control)     
   JKD 6084 VSSA 0.5 ≤ 0.25 [this study]
   JKD 6089 VSSA 1.0 ≤ 0.25 [this study]
Pair 7 (control)     
   JKD 6090 VSSA 0.5 ≤ 0.25 [this study]
   JKD 6094 VSSA 0.5 ≤ 0.25 [this study]
Pair 8 (control)     
   JKD 6095 VSSA 1.0 0.5 [this study]
   JKD 6097 VSSA 1.0 0.5 [this study]
Other Isolates     
   P1     Cap8 positive [57]
   Newman     Cap5 positive [57]
  1. aVSSA, vancomycin-susceptible S. aureus; VISA, vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus; hVISA, hetero-VISA.
  2. bMinimum inhibitory concentration. VCM, vancomycin; TEIC, teicoplanin.
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BMC Microbiology

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