Comparison of different susceptibility testing methods of tigecycline against imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii / 实用医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the susceptibilities of different testing methods of tigecycline against IRAB. Methods MIC and inhibitory zone diameters of 32 strains of IRAB for tigecyclinc were determined by different testing methods.Data were analyzed by comparing the results from each method to those produced by the reference macro broth dilution method. Results The rates of sensitivity intermediate resistance detected by macro broth dilution method , agardilution , MTS and Vitek-2 instrument , disk diffusion method were as follows , 34.375%, 65.625%, 0%, 3.125%, 81.25%, 15.625%, 75%, 25%, 0%, 78.125%, 21.875%, 0%, 3.125%, 81.25%, 15.625%. Compared with macro broth dilution method ,the key major error rate of other methods was 0% by FDA breakpoints , but the CA and EA rates were less than 90%. Conclusions Tigecycline has good activity against the IRAB, with significant difference in susceptible rate among the different methods.