Heterogeneous Vancomycin‐Intermediate Susceptibility Phenotype in Bloodstream Methicillin‐ResistantStaphylococcus aureusIsolates from an International Cohort of Patients with Infective Endocarditis: Prevalence, Genotype, and Clinical Significance
Open Access
- 1 November 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 200 (9), 1355-1366
- https://doi.org/10.1086/606027
Abstract
BackgroundThe significance of heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (hVISA) is unknown. Using a multinational collection of isoKeywords
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