Susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus isolates to vancomycin at a university hospital in southern Brazil
The in vitro susceptibilty of Staphylococcus aureus to vancomycin was evaluated from impatients at a Brazilian University Hospital by the Etest and a screening method. No vancomycin intermediate (VISA) or vancomycin resistant (VRSA) S. aureus isolate was identified. Three patients presented as heteroresistant VISA (h-VISA) isolates but none of them received vancomycin previously.
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Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
2006
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Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822006000300009 |
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Summary: | The in vitro susceptibilty of Staphylococcus aureus to vancomycin was evaluated from impatients at a Brazilian University Hospital by the Etest and a screening method. No vancomycin intermediate (VISA) or vancomycin resistant (VRSA) S. aureus isolate was identified. Three patients presented as heteroresistant VISA (h-VISA) isolates but none of them received vancomycin previously. |
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