Occurrence of a USA300 vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus

Abstract A vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) isolated from the blood of a 46-year-old patient with endocarditis was determined to be pulsed-field type USA300, daptomycin nonsusceptible, and positive for the Panton–Valentine leukocidin genes. Development of the VISA phenotype does...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2008-12, Vol.62 (4), p.440-442
Main Authors: Hageman, Jeffrey C, Patel, Jean, Franklin, Patrick, Miscavish, Karen, McDougal, Linda, Lonsway, David, Khan, Fazle N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology
Bacteriology
Biological and medical sciences
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Endocarditis, Bacterial - blood
Endocarditis, Bacterial - microbiology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Infectious Disease
Infectious diseases
Internal Medicine
Male
Medical sciences
Microbiology
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Staphylococcal Infections - blood
Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus - classification
Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects
Vancomycin
Vancomycin - pharmacology
VISA
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Abstract A vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) isolated from the blood of a 46-year-old patient with endocarditis was determined to be pulsed-field type USA300, daptomycin nonsusceptible, and positive for the Panton–Valentine leukocidin genes. Development of the VISA phenotype does not appear limited to traditional health care strains of S. aureus.
ISSN:0732-8893
1879-0070
DOI:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.08.005