Detection of heterogeneous vancomycin intermediate resistance in MRSA isolates from Latin America

Background:Vancomycin is a common first-line option for MRSA infections. The heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediateStaphylococcus aureus(hVISA) phenotype is associated with therapeutic failure. However, hVISAisolates are usually reported as vancomycin susceptible by routine susceptibility testing pro...

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Autores:: Castro, Betsy Esperanza
Berrío, Maritza
Vargas, Monica L.
Carvajal Ortiz, Lina Paola
Millan, Lina V.
Rios, Rafael
Hernandez, Angie K.
Rincon Núñez, Sandra
Cubides, Paola
Forero, Erika
Dinh, An Q
Seas, Carlos
Munita, Jose M.
Arias, César A.
Reyes, Jinnethe
Diaz, Lorena

Tipo de recurso:: Article of journal

Fecha de publicación:: 2020

Institución:: Universidad El Bosque

Repositorio:: Repositorio U. El Bosque

Idioma:: eng