Vancomycin Heteroresistance Is Associated with Reduced Mortality in ST239 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Blood Stream Infections

BACKGROUND: Despite hVISA infections being associated with vancomycin treatment failure, no previous study has been able to detect a mortality difference between heteroresistant vancomycin intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (hVISA) and vancomycin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (VSSA) bloodstream...

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Autores principales: van Hal, Sebastiaan J., Jones, Mark, Gosbell, Iain B., Paterson, David L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3119693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21713004
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021217

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