Open AccessColonization with Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus Strains Containing the vanA Resistance Gene in a Tertiary-Care Center in North India
Author(s) -
Tuhina Banerjee,
Shampa Anupurba
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.06208-11
Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , microbiology and biotechnology , vancomycin , tertiary care , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , micrococcaceae , carriage , colonization , staphylococcal infections , biology , staphylococcus , antibacterial agent , medicine , antibiotics , bacteria , genetics , pathology
A nasal carriage survey for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in an intensive care unit detected four strains of MRSA with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin. The vanA gene was found in two of these vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) strains. The absence of selective vancomycin pressure might have resulted in reduced expression of the resistant gene.
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