vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA)
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Epidemiology
- only 13 VRSA isolates have been reported in the U.S & 1 from Brazil, all from patients with skin infections or soft tissue infections
- all isolates hospital-associated
Pathology
- results from the vanA gene cluster found in strains of MRSA
More general terms
References
- ↑ Baddour LM NEJM Journal Watch. April 17, 2014 Massachusetts Medical Society http://www.jwatch.org
Rossi F et al. Transferable vancomycin resistance in a community-associated MRSA lineage. N Engl J Med 2014 Apr 17; 370:1524 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24738669 <Internet> http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1303359