Staphylococcus aureus resistant to vancomycin--United States, 2002
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mmwr morbidity and mortality weekly report2002Vol. 51pp. -
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2002mmwr.staphylococcus
Abstract
Staphylococcus aureus is a cause of hospital- and community-acquired infections. In 1996, the first clinical isolate of S. aureus with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin was reported from Japan. The vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) result reported for this isolate was in the inter …