Methicillin-Susceptible, Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Brazil.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Panesso D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4593430 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature