Comparative evaluation of tigecycline susceptibility testing methods for expanded-spectrum cephalosporin-and carbapenem-resistant gram-negative pathogens

O Zarkotou, S Pournaras, G Altouvas… - Journal of clinical …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT We evaluated the Vitek2, Etest, and MIC Test Strip (MTS) methods of tigecycline
susceptibility testing with 241 expanded-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant and/or …

In vitro susceptibility of multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates to tigecycline

TD Huang, C Berhin, P Bogaerts… - Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To assess the in vitro susceptibility of multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae
(MDRE) isolates to tigecycline. Methods Clinical isolates of MDRE tested in this study were …

Major variation in MICs of tigecycline in Gram-negative bacilli as a function of testing method

D Marchaim, JM Pogue, O Tzuman… - Journal of clinical …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Tigecycline is one of the few remaining therapeutic options for extensively drug-resistant
(XDR) Gram-negative bacilli (GNB). MICs of tigecycline to Acinetobacter baumannii have …

Antimicrobial susceptibility among gram-negative isolates collected in the USA between 2005 and 2011 as part of the Tigecycline Evaluation and Surveillance Trial …

GA Denys, SM Callister, MJ Dowzicky - Annals of clinical microbiology and …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background The Tigecycline Evaluation and Surveillance Trial (TEST) was
designed to monitor in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility to tigecycline and comparator agents …

Agreement assessment of tigecycline susceptibilities determined by the disk diffusion and broth microdilution methods among commonly encountered resistant …

JW Liu, WC Ko, CH Huang, CH Liao… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT The Tigecycline In Vitro Surveillance in Taiwan (TIST) study, initiated in 2006, is
a nationwide surveillance program designed to longitudinally monitor the in vitro activity of …

Performance of VITEK 2, E-test, Kirby–Bauer disk diffusion, and modified Kirby–Bauer disk diffusion compared to reference broth microdilution for testing tigecycline …

D Yin, Y Guo, M Li, W Wu, J Tang, Y Liu, F Chen… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Tigecycline is an alternative antibiotic for managing carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative
bacterial infections. However, disk diffusion and automated testing often show false …

Evaluating the performance characteristics of different antimicrobial susceptibility testing methodologies for testing susceptibility of gram-negative bacteria to …

S Babaei, M Haeili - BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021 - Springer
Background The current emergence of multi-drug resistance among nosocomial pathogens
has led to increased use of last-resort agents including Tigecycline (TGC). Availability of …

Validation and reproducibility assessment of tigecycline MIC determinations by Etest

A Bolmström, A Karlsson, A Engelhardt… - Journal of clinical …, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A multicenter study was conducted to validate Etest tigecycline compared to the
Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute reference broth microdilution and agar dilution …

In vitro antibacterial activity of tigecycline against resistant Gram-negative bacilli and enterococci by time–kill assay

GA Pankey, DS Ashcraft - Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2009 - Elsevier
This time–kill study was performed with 65 genetically unique clinical isolates of Gram-
negative bacilli and enterococci to further define the antibacterial activity of tigecycline. To …

Trends in the Susceptibility of Clinically Important Resistant Bacteria to Tigecycline: Results from the Tigecycline In Vitro Surveillance in Taiwan Study, 2006 to 2010

YH Chen, PL Lu, CH Huang, CH Liao… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT The Tigecycline In Vitro Surveillance in Taiwan (TIST) study, a nationwide,
prospective surveillance during 2006 to 2010, collected a total of 7,793 clinical isolates …