Low Colonization Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus with Reduced Vancomycin Susceptibility among Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis in the San Francisco Bay Area | Zendy

Jose M. Eguia | Zendy; Christina Liu | Zendy; Matthew R. Moore | Zendy; Elizabeth M. Wrone | Zendy; José Marcó del Pont | Zendy; Julie L. Gerberding | Zendy; Henry F. Chambers | Zendy

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Low Colonization Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus with Reduced Vancomycin Susceptibility among Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis in the San Francisco Bay Area

Author(s) -

Jose M. Eguia,

Christina Liu,

Matthew R. Moore,

Elizabeth M. Wrone,

José Marcó del Pont,

Julie L. Gerberding,

Henry F. Chambers

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/429906

Subject(s) - vancomycin , medicine , carriage , staphylococcus aureus , hemodialysis , antibiotics , colonization , microbiology and biotechnology , micrococcaceae , staphylococcal infections , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , antibacterial agent , biology , bacteria , pathology , genetics

Staphylococcus aureus exhibits varying degrees of reduced vancomycin susceptibility, and strains with intermediate levels of resistance are thought to emerge by antibiotic selection of subpopulations in heterogeneously resistant precursor strains exposed to this antibiotic. We sought to determine the prevalence of and risk factors for carriage of potential heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus (hVISA).

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