Emerg Infect Dis

eid

Emerging Infectious Diseases

1080-60401080-6059

Centers for Disease Control

11747733

2631919

Research Article

Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus in a home health-care patient.

Hageman

J. C.

jhageman@cdc.govPegues

D. A.

Jepson

Bell

R. L.

Guinan

Ward

K. W.

Cohen

M. D.

Hindler

J. A.

Tenover

F. C.

McAllister

S. K.

Kellum

M. E.

Fridkin

S. K.

Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.

Nov-Dec2001

7610231025

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-field gel electrophoresis types. The patient was treated successfully with antimicrobial therapy, biliary drainage, and reconstruction. Standard precautions in the home health setting appear successful in preventing transmission.