Reliability of disc diffusion testing and molecular epidemiology of penicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

Kihlberg, Pernilla
Bech Johannesen, Thor
Stegger, Marc
Cajander, Sara
Söderquist, Bo

Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
Department for Sequencing and Bioinformatics, Statens Serum Institut, Artillerivej 5, Copenhagen 2300, Denmark
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Study Group for Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Diseases (ESGS), Basel, Switzerland
Department for Sequencing and Bioinformatics, Statens Serum Institut, Artillerivej 5, Copenhagen 2300, Denmark
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Study Group for Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Diseases (ESGS), Basel, Switzerland
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Study Group for Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Diseases (ESGS), Basel, Switzerland
School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro SE-701 82, Sweden

Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]

Received March 11, 2025

Accepted May 26, 2025

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Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 80(8):p 2187-2193, August 2025. | DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkaf187