Treatment failure due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin

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作者：
Ward, PB
Johnson, PDR
Grabsch, EA
Mayall, BC
Grayson, ML
机构：
[1] Austin & Repatriat Med Ctr, Dept Microbiol, Heidelberg, Vic 3084, Australia
[2] Austin & Repatriat Med Ctr, Dept Infect Dis, Heidelberg, Vic 3084, Australia
来源：
MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA | 2001年 / 175卷 / 09期
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D O I：
10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143681.x
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R5 [内科学];
学科分类号：
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要：
We report the first instance in Australia of treatment failure due to a strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin - heteroresistant vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus (hVISA). The infection occurred in a 41-year-old man with multiple risk factors. No transmission of the organism to other patients or the environment was detected. This case may herald the beginning of a new phase of staphylococcal resistance in Australia.
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