Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus in a Home Health-Care Patient

Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus in a Home Health-Care Patient

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-fiel...

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Main Authors: 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, Scott K. Fridkin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2001-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
staphylococcus arueus
S. aureus
glycopeptide-intermediate S. aureus
home health-care therapy
United States
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/6/01-0618_article

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