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Title: Low-level vancomycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus--an Australian perspective.
Austin Authors: Howden, Benjamin P ;Ward, P B;Johnson, Paul D R ;Charles, Patrick G P ;Grayson, M Lindsay 
Affiliation: Infectious Diseases
Issue Date: 1-Feb-2005
Publication information: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases : Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology; 24(2): 100-8
Abstract: Low-level vancomycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus has emerged as a clinical problem over the past 8 years. The clinical relevance of this resistance has been questioned, and laboratory detection remains difficult and time consuming. There is, however, increasing evidence linking low-level vancomycin resistance with glycopeptide treatment failure in serious Staphylococcus aureus infections. Diagnostic laboratories and clinicians need to be aware of this resistance phenotype, to have procedures in place to detect the resistance, and to have strategies for managing patients with infections caused by resistant strains.
URI: https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/9862
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-004-1261-y
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Journal: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases : Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15682283
Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anti-Bacterial Agents.pharmacology
Australia
Humans
Male
Methicillin Resistance
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Staphylococcal Infections.drug therapy.microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus.drug effects
Vancomycin Resistance
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