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Characterization of heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate resistance, MIC and accessory gene regulator (agr) dysfunction among clinical bloodstream isolates of staphyloccocus aureus

BACKGROUND: The development of hVISA has been associated with vancomycin clinical failures and is commonly misidentified in clinical microbiology laboratories. Therefore, the objectives of this present study was to improve the reliability of methodologies and criteria for identifying hVISA, evaluate...

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Autores principales: Harigaya, Yoriko, Ngo, Dung, Lesse, Alan J, Huang, Vanthida, Tsuji, Brian T
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/PMC3215976/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22026752
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-287