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Optimizing the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with elevated vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentrations within the susceptible range

BACKGROUND: Determination of vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) can influence the agent used to treat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection. We studied diagnostic accuracy using E-test and VITEK(®) 2 against a gold standard broth microdilution (BMD) methodology,...

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Autores principales: Phillips, Cameron J, Wells, Nicholas A, Martinello, Marianne, Smith, Simon, Woodman, Richard J, Gordon, David L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4898034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27330319
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S107961