Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus heterogeneously resistant to vancomycin in a Turkish university hospital

Sancak, BANU; Ercis, S; Menemenlioglu, D; Colakoglu, S; Hascelik, FATMA

doi:10.1093/jac/dki272

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus heterogeneously resistant to vancomycin in a Turkish university hospital

Sancak B., Ercis S., Menemenlioglu D., Colakoglu S., Hascelik G.

JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY, vol.56, no.3, pp.519-523, 2005 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 56 Issue: 3
Publication Date: 2005
Doi Number: 10.1093/jac/dki272
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.519-523
Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objectives: We investigated vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) and heterogeneously vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus (hetero-VISA) isolates from clinical specimens of hospitalized patients at Hacettepe University over a 4 year period.