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Nationwide Surveillance for Staphylococcus aureus with Reduced Susceptibility to Vancomycin in Korea

Year: 2003
Type: article
Abstract: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) accounts for more than 70% of S. aureus isolates from tertiary hospitals in Korea. Clinical isolates of S. aureus were collected from eight provincial, university-affiliated hospitals during the period from June 1999 to January 2001 for nationwide surveillance. All isolates were screened for reduced susceptibility to vancomycin by using brain heart infusion agar containing 4 micro g of vancomycin per milliliter. Population analysis and the determination of the MIC of vancomycin were done for the isolates which grew on the screening agar plates. Of 682 total isolates, MRSA accounted for 64% (439 of 682). Of 27 (4%) isolates that grew on the screening agar plates, none showed the heteroresistance phenotype. No strains with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin were identified.
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.41.6.2279-2281.2003
Authors: Hong Bin Kim, Wan Beom Park, Ki Deok Lee, Young Joo Choi, Sang Won Park, Myoung-don Oh, Eui-Chong Kim, Kang Won Choe
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Open Access status: green
Funders: Chonbuk National University, Chonnam National University, Chungbuk National University, Chungnam National University, Pusan National University, Gyeongsang National University, Sungkyunkwan University
OpenAlex ID: W2053847486
FWCI: 3.539
Cites: 37
Cited by: 56
Related to: 10