Table 2

Summary of the shift in MIC and PAP-AUC ratio of 13 hVISA isolates screened by Standard Etest and a control S. aureus ATCC29213.

ID

Organism

BMD¹

Standard Etest

Macro Etest

PAP-AUC Ratio

hVISA²

agr-function

S183

MSSA

2

3

6

0.83

Y

Positive

S189

MSSA

2

4

6

0.87

Y

Negative

S200

MRSA

1

3

6

0.95

Y

Negative

S211

MRSA

1

4

8

1.12

Y

Positive

S213

MRSA

1

4

8

0.91

Y

Positive

S214

MRSA

2

6

6

0.91

Y

Positive

S223

MRSA

2

4

6

0.7

Y

Positive

S226

MSSA

2

3

6

0.84

Y

Negative

S231

MRSA

1

4

6

0.9

Y

Negative

S239

MRSA

2

4

8

0.99

Y

Negative

S262

MRSA

1

3

4

0.75

Y

Positive

S285

MRSA

1

3

3

0.54

N

Negative

S296

MRSA

1

3

6

0.91

Y

Negative

ATCC29213

MSSA

1

2

3

0.53

N

Positive

¹BMD: Broth Microdilution

²Identified by Macro Etest

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