Screening and detection of heterogenous vancomycin intermediate Staphylococcus aureus in Hospital Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, using the glycopeptide resistance detection etest and population analysis profiling
In a 3-month study done in Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL), 7 out of 320 methicillin resistant <em>Staphylococcus aureus </em>isolates were confirmed as heterogeneous vancomycin intermediate S. aureus (hVISA) using the glycopeptide resistance detection e-test and population analysis, giving...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2012-03-01
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Series: | Infectious Disease Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/idr/article/view/3836 |