Treatment failure due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin. |
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| Authors: | P B Ward P D Johnson E A Grabsch B C Mayall M L Grayson |
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| Affiliation: | Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Melbourne, VIC. Peter.Ward@armc.org.au |
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| Abstract: | We report the first instance in Australia of treatment failure due to a strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin--heteroresistant vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus (hVISA). The infection occurred in a 41-year-old man with multiple risk factors. No transmission of the organism to other patients or the environment was detected. This case may herald the beginning of a new phase of staphylococcal resistance in Australia. |
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