An investigation of vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration creep among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from pediatric patients and healthy children in Northern Taiwan

Background and purpose: The phenomenon of vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) creep is an increasingly serious problem in the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections. In this study, we investigated the vancomycin and daptomycin MIC values of MRSA stra...

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Main Authors: Chia-Ning Chang, Wen-Tsung Lo, Ming-Chin Chan, Ching-Mei Yu, Chih-Chien Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-06-01
Series:Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1684118215007689