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The presence of heterogeneous vancomycin-lntermediate Staphylococcus aureus (heteroVISA) in a major Malaysian hospital.
The Medical journal of Malaysia - 1 Jun 2012
Norazah Ahmad, Law Ngiik Ling, Kamel Abd Ghani Mohamed, Salbiah Nawi
Abstract excerpt
This study was conducted to detect the presence of heterogenous vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (heteroVISA) among MRSA isolates in a major hospital. Forty-three MRSA isolates with vancomycin MIC 2 microg/ml collected in 2009 was screened for heteroVISA using Etest Glycopeptide Resistance Detection (GRD) and confirmed by population analysis profile-area under curve method. The genetic relatedness of...
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