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Prevalence of Slow-Growth Vancomycin Nonsusceptibility in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Nov 2017
Katayama Yuki, Azechi Takuya, Miyazaki Motoyasu, Takata Tohru, Sekine Miwa, Matsui Hidehito, Hanaki Hideaki, Yahara Koji, Sasano Hiroshi, Asakura Kota, Takaku Tomoiku, Ochiai Tomonori, Komatsu Norio, Chambers Henry F
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We previously reported a novel phenotype of vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA), i.e., "slow VISA," whose colonies appear only after 72 h of incubation. Slow-VISA strains can be difficult to detect because prolonged incubation is required and the phenotype is unstable. To develop a method for detection of slow-VISA isolates, we studied 23 slow-VISA isolates derived from the heterogeneous VISA...
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