Heterogeneous vancomycin resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated in a large Italian hospital

Authors
Marchese, A Balistreri, G Tonoli, E Debbia, EK Schito, GC
Citation
A. Marchese et al., Heterogeneous vancomycin resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated in a large Italian hospital, J CLIN MICR, 38(2), 2000, pp. 866-869
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00951137 → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
866 - 869
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(200002)38:2<866:HVRIMS>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Of 179 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from 19 97 to 1998, two strains (1.1%) gave subclones for which the vancomycin MICs were 8 mg/liter. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis showed identical restric tion patterns for both isolates, suggesting transfer of a single clone betw een two different patients.