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. 2014 Jun;52(6):2177-80.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00418-14. Epub 2014 Mar 26.

In vitro antimicrobial susceptibility of Aerococcus urinae

Romney M Humphries  1 , Janet A Hindler  2
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In vitro antimicrobial susceptibility of Aerococcus urinae

Romney M Humphries et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Jun.

Abstract

Aerococcus urinae may cause urinary tract infections, bacteremia, and endocarditis. No standardized susceptibility test methods or interpretive criteria have been proposed for this organism. This study reports the MIC results for 128 A. urinae isolates tested by broth microdilution. The isolates had low MICs to amoxicillin, cefotaxime, ceftriaxone, doxycycline, linezolid, meropenem, penicillin, rifampin, tetracycline, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and vancomycin. However, 55% of the isolates had MICs to clindamycin of >0.25 μg/ml, 44% had MICs to erythromycin of >0.25 μg/ml, and 16% had MICs to levofloxacin of >2 μg/ml.

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