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Characterization of passage-selected vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains of diverse parental backgrounds.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Feb 2000
Pfeltz R F, Singh V K, Schmidt J L, Batten M A, Baranyk C S, Nadakavukaren M J, Jayaswal R K, Wilkinson B J
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A series of 12 Staphylococcus aureus strains of various genetic backgrounds, methicillin resistance levels, and autolytic activities were subjected to selection for the glycopeptide-intermediate S. aureus (GISA) susceptibility phenotype on increasing concentrations of vancomycin. Six strains acquired the phenotype rapidly, two did so slowly, and four failed to do so. The vancomycin MICs for the GISA strains...
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