EVALUATION OF METHODS IN DETECTING VANCOMYCIN MIC AMONG MRSA ISOLATES AND THE CHANGES IN ACCURACY RELATED TO DIFFERENT MIC VALUES

INTRODUCTION: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) presenting reduced susceptibility to vancomycin has been associated to therapeutic failure. Some methods used by clinical laboratories may not be sufficiently accurate to detect this phenotype, compromising results and the outcome of t...

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Autores principales: Rossatto, Fernanda Cristina Possamai, Proença, Letícia Auler, Becker, Ana Paula, Silveira, Alessandro Conrado de Oliveira, Caierão, Juliana, D'azevedo, Pedro Alves
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2014
Materias:
Microbiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4296864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25351538
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652014000600002

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4296864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25351538
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652014000600002

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