Artículos de revistas
Methicillin-susceptible, vancomycin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, Brazil
Fecha
2015Registro en:
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Volume 21, Number 10 - October 2015
Autor
Panesso, Diana
Planet, Paul
Diaz, Lorena
Hugonnet, Jean-Emmanuel
Tran, Truc
Narechania, Apurva
Munita, Jose
Rincon, Sandra
Carvajal, Lina
Reyes, Jinnethe
Londoño, Alejandra
Smith, Hannah
Sebra, Robert
Deikus, Gintaras
Weinstock, George
Murray, Barbara
Rossi, Flavia
Arthur, Michel
Arias, Cesar
Institución
Resumen
We report characterization of a methicillin-susceptible, vancomycin-resistant bloodstream isolate of Staphylococcus aureus recovered from a patient in Brazil. Emergence of vancomycin resistance in methicillin-susceptible S. aureus would indicate that this resistance trait might be poised to disseminate more rapidly among S. aureus and represents a major public health threat.