| Literature DB >> 15872293 |
Nottasorn Plipat1, Gilat Livni, Heidi Bertram, Richard B Thomson.
Abstract
We tested 109 unique, vancomycin-susceptible, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains for vancomycin heteroresistance by a selection method, i.e., step-wise exposure of large inoculums to increasing concentrations of vancomycin. Although no strains demonstrated stable heteroresistance, 81 strains (74%) demonstrated unstable heteroresistance. Unstable heteroresistance is common among clinical isolates of MRSA and may represent a cause of therapeutic failure.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15872293 PMCID: PMC1153753 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.5.2494-2496.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948