Evaluation of the Presence and Characterization of Vancomycin-Intermediate and Heterogeneous Vancomycin-Intermediate Level Resistance Among Bloodstream Isolates of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Busra Betul Ozmen Capin,Alper Tekeli,Zeynep Ceren Karahan

Evaluation of the Presence and Characterization of Vancomycin-Intermediate and Heterogeneous Vancomycin-Intermediate Level Resistance Among Bloodstream Isolates of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

2019

Busra Betul Ozmen Capin
Alper Tekeli
Zeynep Ceren Karahan

Aims: Heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (hVISA) could be misinterpreted as “susceptible” with routine susceptibility testing procedures, and the subpopulations with reduce...

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Biology
Virology
Vancomycin
Microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus
susceptibility testing
vancomycin intermediate
Minimum inhibitory concentration
Microbial drug resistance
Polymerase chain reaction

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