Review Article

Development of New Tools to Detect Colistin-Resistance among Enterobacteriaceae Strains

Table 1

Composition of polymyxin-containing agar.

Targeted bacteriaCulture mediumAntibiotics (µg/mL) targetingReferences
Gram-negative strainsGram-positive strainsYeast
PolymyxinsOthers

Colistin-resistant Gram-negative strainsLBJMRa4 (C)Vancomycin 50
VancoR Gram-positive strains
Gram-negative strains
 Colistin-resistantSuperPolymyxin3.5 (C)Daptomycin 10
BM 65
Éosine 400
5 (AB)[75]
Neisseria sp.Martin–Lewis agar7.5 (C)5 (T)Vancomycin 420 (A)[34]
Thayer–Martin agar7.5 (C)Vancomycin 32.57 (N)[35]
MTMb agar7.5 (C)5 (T)Vancomycin 32.57 (N)[36]
NYCc agar7.5 (C)3 (T)Vancomycin 220 (A)[37]
Burkholderia cepaciaCepacia medium30 (B)Ticarcillin 100[38]
OFPBLd agar30 (B)Bacitracin 3[39]
Burkholderia cepacia agar17.8 (B)5 (GEN)Ticarcillin 100[38]
Burkholderia cepacia selective agar71.4 (B)10 (GEN)Vancomycin 2.5[40]
Legionella sp.BCYEe selective agar with
GVPCf9.4 (B)Glycine 3000Vancomycin 180 (CH)[41]
CCVCg16 (C)Vancomycin 0.5
Cefalotin 4
80 (CH)[42]
GPVAh11.9 (B)Glycine 3000Vancomycin 180 (A)[43]
PAVi4.76 (B)Vancomycin 0.580 (A)[44]
PACj9.52 (B)Cefamandole 280 (A)[45]
DGVPk8 (B)Glycine 3000Vancomycin 1[46]
Campylobacter sp.Campylobacter agar
Butzler0.33 (C)Bacitracin 338Novobiocin 5
Cefazolin 15
50 (CH)[47]
Skirrow0.25 (B)2.5 (T)Vancomycin 5[48]
Blaser–Wang0.125 (B)2.5 (T)Vancomycin 5
Cefalotin 15
2 (AB)[49]
Preston0.125 (B)5 (T)Rifampicin 550 (CH)[50]
Brucella spp.Brucella selective medium1 (B)Bacitracin 500100 (CH)[51]
Vibrio sp.CPCl66.34 (C)
11.9 (B)
[52]
Gram-positive strains
Streptococcus sp. and Gram-positive strainsANCm10 (C)Nalidixic acid 10[53]
Listeria monocytogenesOxford medium20 (C)Fosfomycin 10Cefotetan 2
Acriflavine 5
400 (CH)[54]
Modified Oxford10 (C)Moxalactam 15[55]
Listeria spp.PALCAMn10 (B)Ceftazidime 8
Acriflavine 5
[56]
Bacillus cereusMYPo10 (B)[57]
 MycobacteriaceaeMiddlebrook 7H1125 (B)20 (T)Carbenicillin 5010 (AB)[58]
Clostridium perfringensSPSp agar10 (B)Sulfadiazine 120[59]
TSNq agar20 (B)Neomycin 50[60]
SFPr agar3.57 (B)Kanamycin 12[61]

B: polymyxin B; C: colistin; AB: amphotericin B; A: anisomycin; CH: cycloheximide; MB: methylene blue; N: nystatin; GEN: gentamicin; T: trimethoprim. aLBJMR: Lucie Bardet–Jean-Marc Rolain; bMTM: modified Thayer–Martin; cNYC: New York City; dOFPBL: oxidation/fermentation, polymyxin B, bacitracin, and lactose; eBCYE: buffered charcoal and yeast extract; fGPVC: glycine, polymyxin B, vancomycin, and cycloheximide; gCCVC: cefalotin, colistin, vancomycin, and cycloheximide; hGPVA: glycine, polymyxin B, vancomycin, and anisomycin; iPAV: polymyxin B, anisomycin, and vancomycin; jPAC: polymyxin B, anisomycin, and cefamandole; kDGVP: dyes, glycine, vancomycin, and polymyxin B; lCPC: cellobiose, polymyxin B, and colistin; mCNA: colistin and nalidixic acid; nPALCAM: polymyxin B, acriflavine, lithium, ceftazidime, esculin, and mannitol; oMYP: mannitol, egg yolk, and polymyxin B; pSPS: sulfite, polymyxin B, and sulfadiazine, qTSN: trypticase, sulfite, and neomycin; rSFP: Shahidi-Ferguson perfringens.