Clinical failure of vancomycin in a dialysis patient with methicillin-susceptible vancomycin-heteroresistant S. aureus.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
; 65(2): 180-3, 2009 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-19748429
ABSTRACT
We report a case of recurrent Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in a patient who failed vancomycin due to a vancomycin-heteroresistant strain lacking methicillin resistance. Although initial isolates were susceptible, isolates obtained after vancomycin chemotherapy were vancomycin heteroresistant. This case thus illustrates the clinical emergence of vancomycin heteroresistance.
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Assunto principal:
Infecções Estafilocócicas
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Staphylococcus aureus
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Vancomicina
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Bacteriemia
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Resistência a Vancomicina
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Antibacterianos
Limite:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2009
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Article