%0 Journal Article %A García, Ana Belén %A Candel, Francisco Javier %A López, Laura %A Chiarella, Flavia %A Viñuela-Prieto, José Manuel %T In vitro ceftaroline combinations against meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus %D 2016 %J Journal of Medical Microbiology, %V 65 %N 10 %P 1119-1122 %@ 1473-5644 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.000341 %K Ceftaroline %K E-test synergy testing %K Vancomycin %K Daptomycin %K methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus %K Linezolid %I Microbiology Society, %X We studied in vitro ceftaroline combinations against 61 meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates; 18 of them were also resistant to linezolid, using overlapping E-test method. Daptomycin–ceftaroline combination obtained lower fractional inhibitory concentration values, in comparison with those including vancomycin or linezolid against meticillin-resistant S. aureus (P<0.05). All meticillin- and linezolid-resistant S. aureus strains were resistant to ceftaroline; nevertheless, combinations with vancomycin or daptomycin showed higher synergy or addition rates than those with linezolid. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.000341