Detection of Vancomycin Resistance among Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Strains Recovered from Children with Invasive Diseases in a Reference Pediatric Hospital

• Main Authors: Lorena Pardo (Author), María Inés Mota (Author), Andrés Parnizari (Author), Adriana Varela (Author), Gabriela Algorta (Author), Gustavo Varela (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Vancomycin is the cornerstone in treating methicillin-resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> (MRSA) infections. However, therapeutic failures can occur when MRSA strains with decreased susceptibility to glycopeptides (DSG) are involved. The aim of this study was to detect and characteriz...