Screening and detection of heterogenous vancomycin intermediate Staphylococcus aureus in Hospital Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, using the glycopeptide resistance detection etest and population analysis profiling
In a 3-month study done in Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL), 7 out of 320 methicillin resistant <em>Staphylococcus aureus </em>isolates were confirmed as heterogeneous vancomycin intermediate S. aureus (hVISA) using the glycopeptide resistance detection e-test and population analysis, giving...
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MDPI AG,
2012-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | In a 3-month study done in Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL), 7 out of 320 methicillin resistant <em>Staphylococcus aureus </em>isolates were confirmed as heterogeneous vancomycin intermediate S. aureus (hVISA) using the glycopeptide resistance detection e-test and population analysis, giving a prevalence rate of 2.19%. This is the first report of hVISA in Malaysia. |
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| Item Description: | 2036-7430 2036-7449 10.4081/idr.2012.3836 |