1. Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus in a Home Health-Care Patient
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Jeffrey C. Hageman, David A. Pegues, Carrie Jepson, Rose Lee Bell, Mary Guinan, Kevin W. Ward, Martin D. Cohen, Janet A. Hindler, Fred C. Tenover, Sigrid K. McAllister, Molly E. Kellum, and Scott K. Fridkin
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staphylococcus arueus ,S. aureus ,glycopeptide-intermediate S. aureus ,home health-care therapy ,United States ,Medicine ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
In June 2000, vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) was isolated from a 27-year-old home health-care patient following a complicated cholecystectomy. Two VISA strains were identified with identical MICs to all antimicrobials tested except oxacillin and with closely related pulsed-field gel electrophoresis types. The patient was treated successfully with antimicrobial therapy, biliary drainage, and reconstruction. Standard precautions in the home health setting appear successful in preventing transmission.
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- 2001
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