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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Rotun, S. S. ; McMath, V. ; Schoonmaker, D. J. ; Maupin, P. S. ; Tenover, F. C. ; ... More +
Rotun, S. S. ; McMath, V. ; Schoonmaker, D. J. ; Maupin, P. S. ; Tenover, F. C. ; Hill, B. C. ; Ackman, D. M. Less -
Description:
A Staphylococcus aureus isolate with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin was obtained from a dialysis patient with a fatal case of bacteremia. Comparison of the isolate with two methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) isolated obtained from the same patient 4 months earlier suggests that the S. aureus with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin emerged from the MRSA strain with which the patient was infected. Atypical phenotypic characteristics, including weak or negative latex-agglutination test results, weak or negative-slide coagulase test results, heterogeneous morphologic features, slow rate of growth, and vancomycin susceptibility (by disk diffusion test) were observed.
Subject:
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Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacteremia
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Male
Methicillin Resistance
Staphylococcal Infections
Staphylococcus Aureus
Vancomycin

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 5(1):147-149.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:867303eab0fcfd2465f7412d506f918f8c8886079e964a215e47aa3a0853e749
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