Screening and detection of heterogenous vancomycin intermediate Staphylococcus aureus in Hospital Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, using the glycopeptide resistance detection Etest and population analysis profiling

In a 3-month study done in Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL), 7 out of 320 methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates were confirmed as heterogeneous vancomycin intermediate S. aureus (hVISA) using the glycopeptide resistance detection e-test and population analysis, giving a prevalence rate of...

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Autores principales: Ramli, Siti Roszilawati, Neoh, Hui-min, Aziz, Muhammad Nazri, Hussin, Salasawati
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2012
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3892648/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24470927
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/idr.2012.e20
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Sumario:In a 3-month study done in Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL), 7 out of 320 methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates were confirmed as heterogeneous vancomycin intermediate S. aureus (hVISA) using the glycopeptide resistance detection e-test and population analysis, giving a prevalence rate of 2.19%. This is the first report of hVISA in Malaysia.

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