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Medical Microbiology • Braz. J. Microbiol. 37 (3) • Sept 2006 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S1517-83822006000300009   copy

Susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus isolates to vancomycin at a university hospital in southern Brazil

Suscetibilidade de amostras de Staphylococcus aureus à vancomicina isoladas em um hospital universitário no sul do Brasil

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The in vitro susceptibilty of Staphylococcus aureus to vancomycin was evaluated from impatients at a Brazilian University Hospital by the Etest and a screening method. No vancomycin intermediate (VISA) or vancomycin resistant (VRSA) S. aureus isolate was identified. Three patients presented as heteroresistant VISA (h-VISA) isolates but none of them received vancomycin previously.

S. aureus; vancomycin; VISA; h-VISA

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