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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Main Authors: Siti Roszilawati Ramli (Author), Hui-min Neoh (Author), Muhammad Nazri Aziz (Author), Salasawati Hussin (Author)
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Published: MDPI AG, 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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