Reduced vancomycin susceptibility and increased macrophage survival in Staphylococcus aureus strains sequentially isolated from a bacteraemic patient during a short course of antibiotic therapy
Author(s) -
M. D. S. Basco,
Atul Kothari,
Page B. McKinzie,
Javier R. Revollo,
Sudhakar Agnihothram,
Marli S.P. Azevedo,
Michael Saccente,
Mark E. Hart
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.000988
Subject(s) - lysostaphin , staphylococcus aureus , vancomycin , microbiology and biotechnology , daptomycin , antibiotics , population , biology , staphylococcal infections , multilocus sequence typing , etest , medicine , bacteria , gene , genotype , biochemistry , environmental health , genetics
The purpose of the present study was to determine the relatedness of Staphylococcus aureus strains successively isolated over a 7-day period from a single bacteraemic patient undergoing antibiotic treatment with vancomycin.
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