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Clinical, microbiological, and genetic characteristics of heteroresistant vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in a teaching hospital.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Feb 2015
Di Gregorio Sabrina, Perazzi Beatriz, Ordoñez Andrea Martinez, De Gregorio Stella, Foccoli Monica, Lasala María Beatriz, García Susana, Vay Carlos, Famiglietti Angela, Mollerach Marta
Abstract excerpt
The emergence of vancomycin intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) and heterogeneous VISA (hVISA) is of major concern worldwide. Our objective was to investigate the prevalence, phenotypic and molecular features of hVISA strains isolated from bacteremic patients and to determine the clinical significance of the hVISA phenotype in patients with bacteremia. A total of 104 S. aureus blood isolates were collected...
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