Journal article
Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus
The New England journal of medicine, Vol.317(12), pp.766-768
09/17/1987
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198709173171212
PMID: 3627189
Abstract
To the Editor:
Schwalbe and colleagues (April 9 issue)
1
described a patient who was treated for 10 weeks with vancomycin for device-associated peritonitis due to
Staphylococcus haemolyticus
. Their report demonstrated that this organism, initially susceptible to vancomycin according to modified macrodilution susceptibility testing, developed stepwise resistance to vancomycin during the course of therapy.
Staphylococci have remained uniformly susceptible to vancomycin during 30 years of clinical use. The report by Schwalbe et al. represents the first time in vitro studies have extensively characterized an isolate relatively resistant to vancomycin.
The presence in this patient of an indwelling foreign device may . . .
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Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus
- Creators
- Timothy R Franson - Lilly Research Laboratories Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN 46285Robert B Kammer - Lilly Research Laboratories Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN 46285Glenn L Cooper - Lilly Research Laboratories Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN 46285David A Preston - Lilly Research Laboratories Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN 46285Robert A Browne - Lilly Research Laboratories Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN 46285Edward S Eisenberg - Albert Einstein College of MedicineRichard S Schwalbe - Albany Veterans Administration Medical Center, Albany, NY 12208Jack T Stapleton - University of IowaPeter H Gilligan - The North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The New England journal of medicine, Vol.317(12), pp.766-768
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- DOI
- 10.1056/NEJM198709173171212
- PMID
- 3627189
- ISSN
- 0028-4793
- eISSN
- 1533-4406
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/17/1987
- Academic Unit
- Microbiology and Immunology; Infectious Diseases; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984297439902771
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