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Table 1 Vancomycin MICs by agar dilution and species distribution of 58 CoNS strains isolated from blood stream infections

From: Vancomycin heteroresistance in coagulase negative Staphylococcus blood stream infections from patients of intensive care units in Mansoura University Hospitals, Egypt

CoNS species

Vancomycin MICs μg/ml

0.25

0.5

1

2

4

8

Oxacillin resistant isolates

1

12

17

14

S. epidermidis

7

10

9

S. capitis

1

2

3

4

S. haemolyticus

2

3

S. lugdunesis

1

Unidentified species

1

1

Oxacillin sensitive isolates

6

4

4

S. epidermidis

4

2

1

S. capitis

1

1

S. haemolyticus

1

1

S. lugdunesis

2

Unidentified species

1

Total

7

16

21

14