Intermediate Vancomycin Susceptibility in a Community-associated MRSA Clone

Intermediate Vancomycin Susceptibility in a Community-associated MRSA Clone

We describe a case of treatment failure caused by a strain of USA300 community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with intermediate susceptibility to vancomycin and reduced susceptibility to daptomycin. The strain was isolated from the bone of a 56-year-old man with lumbar...

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Main Authors: Christopher J. Graber, Margaret K. Wong, Heather A. Carleton, Françoise Perdreau-Remington, Barbara L. Haller, Henry F. Chambers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Staphylococcus aureus
vancomycin resistance
methicillin resistance
community-acquired infections
Panton-Valentine leukocidin
daptomycin
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/3/06-0960_article

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