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Comparison of the clinical features, bacterial genotypes and outcomes of patients with bacteraemia due to heteroresistant vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-susceptible S. aureus.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Aug 2012
Park Ki-Ho, Kim Eun Sil, Kim Hee Seung, Park Su-Jin, Bang Kyung Mi, Park Hyun Jung, Park So-Youn, Moon Song Mi, Chong Yong Pil, Kim Sung-Han, Lee Sang-Oh, Choi Sang-Ho, Jeong Jin-Yong, Kim Mi-Na, Woo Jun Hee, Kim Yang Soo
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OBJECTIVES: We compared the clinical characteristics and outcomes of, and the bacterial genotypes in, patients with bacteraemia due to heteroresistant vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (hVISA) and vancomycin-susceptible S. aureus (VSSA). METHODS: A total of 268 consecutive patients with methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia were prospectively enrolled. All isolates were selected on the...
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