| Literature DB >> 15127350 |
Amir Khosrovaneh1, Kathleen Riederer, Sajjad Saeed, M Shamse Tabriz, Amar R Shah, Michel M Hanna, Mamta Sharma, Leonard B Johnson, Mohammad G Fakih, Riad Khatib.
Abstract
Vancomycin susceptibility was checked in isolates from initial and final blood samples obtained from 22 patients with persistent or recurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. The minimum inhibitory concentration of vancomycin was determined using Etest and found to have increased in 2 pairs of isolates, and results of screening in 4 mu g vancomycin and a modified population analysis profile suggested heteroresistance in 3 isolates (13.6%). Heteroresistance is not a common cause of persistent or recurrent bacteremia.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15127350 DOI: 10.1086/383036
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079