Identification of the first vancomycin intermediate-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) isolate from a hospital in Portugal

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Gardete, S ^a,b   Aires De Sousa, M ^a   Faustino, A ^c   Ludovice, A M ^a,d   De Lencastre, H ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL DE BRAGA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PORTUGAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 41149100056     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2008.0816     Document Type: Article

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