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S. Korea: Vancomycin Resistance in Community Genotype MRSA

Gert van der Hoek

Gert van der Hoek

In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
First Report of Vancomycin-Intermediate Resistance in Sequence Type 72 Community Genotype Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus


ABSTRACT

Vancomycin-intermediate resistance has not been previously reported among sequence type 72 (ST72) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates of SCCmec type IV (ST72-MRSA-IV), which are distinctive community genotype strains in Korea.

We report the first case of vancomycin treatment failure due to development of vancomycin-intermediate resistance in infection caused by an ST72-MRSA-IV isolate.

JCM

thanks to MRSA-Watch
 
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