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Endocarditis caused by methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Staphylococcus aureus is the most common cause of acute infective endocarditis. Recent reports have described heteroresistance to vancomycin associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. We present the first case report in Argentina of the failure of treatment with vanco...

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Autores principales: Perazzi, Beatriz, Bello, Natalia, Mollerach, Marta, Vay, Carlos, Lasala, María Beatriz, Famiglietti, Angela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3152525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21733193
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-5-292