Frequency of reduced vancomycin susceptibility and heterogeneous subpopulation in persistent or recurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
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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.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
دوره 38 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004