Clinical and Molecular Characterization of Invasive Heteroresistant Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Korean Hospitals

Invasive heteroresistant vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (h-VISA) isolates were identified and characterized in 10 Korean hospitals from July 2009 to June 2011. The prevalence of h-VISA infections was 3.3% (42/1,289). Most (41/42) were health care-associated infections caused by strain...

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Published in:J Clin Microbiol
Main Authors: Kim, Eu Suk, Bae, In-Gyu, Cho, Jeong Eun, Choi, Yun Jung, Kim, Il-Hwan, Kang, Gi-Su, Sin, Hye-yun, Song, Kyoung-Ho, Park, Chulmin, Lee, Dong-Gun, Kim, Moonsuk, Park, Kyoung Un, Kim, Hong Bin
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016
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Bacteriology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4767959/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26677256
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02595-15
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