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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2008, p. 2525-2528, Vol. 46, No. 8
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00291-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Evaluation of New Vitek 2 Card and Disk Diffusion Method for Determining Susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus to Oxacillin{triangledown}

Sandrine Roisin,* Claire Nonhoff, Olivier Denis, and Marc J. Struelens

Laboratoire de Référence MRSA-Staphylocoques, Department of Microbiology, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Received 12 February 2008/ Returned for modification 13 May 2008/ Accepted 3 June 2008

Detection of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus is a challenge, especially low-level resistance, which is often misdiagnosed. The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic accuracies of the automated Vitek 2 system and disk diffusion tests, using cefoxitin and moxalactam, for the detection of methicillin resistance in S. aureus strains. Four sets of genotypically diverse isolates were selected from a national reference collection, including mecA-negative S. aureus isolates (n = 56), hospital-acquired (n = 88) and community-acquired (n = 40) S. aureus isolates, and heterogeneous methicillin-resistant S. aureus isolates (n = 29). Oxacillin susceptibility was tested by the Vitek 2 system with the AST P549 card and by disk diffusion methods using 10, 30, and 60 µg cefoxitin and 30 µg moxalactam. Oxacillin resistance was confirmed by PCR for the mecA gene. The overall sensitivities for oxacillin resistance detection were 97.5% for the Vitek 2 automated system, 98.7% for 60-µg cefoxitin and moxalactam disk diffusion, and 99.6% for 10- and 30-µg cefoxitin disks, respectively. Methicillin-susceptible S. aureus isolates were correctly reported as susceptible by all methods. The median times for methicillin testing were 7 h for the Vitek 2 system versus 24 h for disk diffusion methods. In conclusion, the cefoxitin and moxalactam disk diffusion methods and the Vitek 2 automated system are highly accurate methods for methicillin resistance detection, including a range of representative Belgian methicillin-resistant S. aureus strains and unusual strains exhibiting cryptic or low-level oxacillin resistance.

* Corresponding author. Present address: PATH, 1455 NW Leary Way, Seattle, WA 98107. Phone: (206) 788-2413. Fax: (206) 285-6619. E-mail: jjeronimo{at}path.org

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 11 June 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2008, p. 2525-2528, Vol. 46, No. 8
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00291-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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