Vancomycin susceptibility of oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates causing nosocomial bloodstream infections

Sandra M Tallent; Tammy Bischoff; Michael Climo; Belinda Ostrowsky; Richard P Wenzel; Michael B Edmond

doi:10.1128/JCM.40.6.2249-2250.2002

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Vancomycin susceptibility of oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates causing nosocomial bloodstream infections

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Vancomycin susceptibility of oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates causing nosocomial bloodstream infections

Sandra M Tallent, Tammy Bischoff, Michael Climo, Belinda Ostrowsky, Richard P Wenzel and Michael B Edmond

Journal of clinical microbiology, Vol.40(6), pp.2249-2250

06/2002

DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.6.2249-2250.2002

PMCID: PMC130823

PMID: 12037100

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Abstract

Nosocomial oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (ORSA) bloodstream isolates were tested to determine the prevalence of vancomycin heteroresistance. We screened 619 ORSA nosocomial bloodstream isolates from 36 hospitals between 1997 and 2000. Only one isolate exhibiting heterotypic resistance was detected. Thus, vancomycin heteroresistance in clinical bloodstream isolates remains rare in the United States.

United States - epidemiology

Humans

Oxacillin - pharmacology

Drug Resistance, Bacterial

Hospitalization

Bacteremia - microbiology

Microbial Sensitivity Tests

Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology

Cross Infection - microbiology

Vancomycin - pharmacology

Bacteremia - epidemiology

Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology

Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology

Penicillins - pharmacology

Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects

Population Surveillance

Cross Infection - epidemiology

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Title: Subtitle: Vancomycin susceptibility of oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates causing nosocomial bloodstream infections
Creators: Sandra M Tallent - Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College of Virginia Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA. smtallen@hsc.vcu.edu
Tammy Bischoff
Michael Climo
Belinda Ostrowsky
Richard P Wenzel
Michael B Edmond
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of clinical microbiology, Vol.40(6), pp.2249-2250
Publisher: United States
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.6.2249-2250.2002
PMID: 12037100
PMCID: PMC130823
ISSN: 0095-1137
eISSN: 1098-660X
Language: English
Date published: 06/2002
Academic Unit: Infectious Diseases; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9983905647802771

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