Resistance phenotype and genetic features of a heterogeneous vancomycin intermediate-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain from an immunocompromised patient.

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Strain C1 was successfully isolated from an immunosuppressed patient with persistent bacteremia, who had not previously been exposed to glycopeptide antibiotics. This strain was found to be a heterogeneous vancomycin intermediate-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (hVISA). It is noteworthy that, following a brief period of vancomycin treatment, strains C6, C8, and C9, which were obtained from blood and other body...

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