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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Trends Among Staphylococcus aureus from United States Hospitals: Results from 7 Years of the Ceftaroline (AWARE) Surveillance Program (2010-2016).
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2017 Jun 19;:
Authors: Sader HS, Mendes RE, Streit JM, Flamm RK
Abstract
We evaluated trends in Staphylococcus aureus antimicrobial susceptibility in United States hospitals in the 2010-2016 period. A total of 21,056 clinical isolates from 42 medical centers were tested for susceptibility by broth microdilution methods. MRSA rates decreased from 50.0% (2010) to 42.2% (2016). Susceptibility to erythromycin, levofloxacin, and clindamycin increased slightly, whereas susceptibility to ceftaroline, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and tetracycline remained stable. Ceftaroline retained potent activity against MSSA and MRSA (97.2% susceptible) with no marked variations.
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