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The increasing prevalence of community-associated meticillin-resistant (CA-MRSA) poses a challenge for antimicrobial therapy of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). To determine whether another antimicrobial agent might enhance the activity of moxifloxacin against CA-MRSA, this study analysed its activity alone and in chequerboard combination with doxycycline, rifampicin, clindamycin, trimethoprim, sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim (SXT) and vancomycin against recent SSTI clinical isolates, and also characterized the isolates for Panton–Valentine leukocidin (PVL), groups, staphylococcal cassette chromosome (SSC) types and -haemolysin production. For comparison, 25 strains of outpatient meticillin-susceptible (MSSA), 24 strains of healthcare-associated (HA)-MRSA and six historical strains of vancomycin-intermediate (VISA) were included. It was found that 21/25 CA-MRSA strains tested were PVL-positive, SSC type 4 and type 1, whilst 4/25 were PVL-negative, SSC type 2 and type 2. Two of the type 2 strains were negative for -haemolysin but all other strains were positive. Moxifloxacin MIC values (μg ml) were 1/8 for CA-MRSA, 4/32 for HA-MRSA and ≤0.03/1 for MSSA and MIC of 2 for VISA. The D-test for inducible clindamycin resistance was positive for 3/27 CA-MRSA, 5/14 HA-MRSA and none of the MSSA isolates. In chequerboard studies, fractional inhibitory concentration indices (FICIs) showed that most interactions were additive or indifferent (FICI value >0.5 to ≤2) as follows: rifampicin 43/52 strains, clindamycin 44/44, SXT 44/47, trimethoprim 41/42 and vancomycin 37/43. The FICI values for doxycycline were 3–6 for 32/34 strains, indicating antagonism, suggesting that it should not be used in combination with moxifloxacin.

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