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Vancomycin MIC plus heteroresistance and outcome of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: trends over 11 years.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 2009
Musta Adina C, Riederer Kathleen, Shemes Stephen, Chase Patrick, Jose Jinson, Johnson Leonard B, Khatib Riad
Abstract excerpt
Vancomycin MICs (V-MIC) and the frequency of heteroresistant vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (hVISA) isolates are increasing among methicillin (meticillin)-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates, but their relevance remains uncertain. We compared the V-MIC (Etest) and the frequency of hVISA (Etest macromethod) for all MRSA blood isolates saved over an 11-year span and correlated the results...
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