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Frequency of reduced vancomycin susceptibility and heterogeneous subpopulation in persistent or recurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
- Source :
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Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America [Clin Infect Dis] 2004 May 01; Vol. 38 (9), pp. 1328-30. Date of Electronic Publication: 2004 Apr 14. - Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- Vancomycin susceptibility was checked in isolates from initial and final blood samples obtained from 22 patients with persistent or recurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. The minimum inhibitory concentration of vancomycin was determined using Etest and found to have increased in 2 pairs of isolates, and results of screening in 4 mu g vancomycin and a modified population analysis profile suggested heteroresistance in 3 isolates (13.6%). Heteroresistance is not a common cause of persistent or recurrent bacteremia.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1537-6591
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 15127350
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1086/383036