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Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus selected during vancomycin therapy of experimental endocarditis are not detected by culture-based diagnostic ...
P Moreillon, A Bizzini, M Giddey... - Journal of ..., 2012 - Br Soc Antimicrob Chemo Objectives Laboratory detection of vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) and their heterogeneous VISA (h VISA) precursors is difficult. Thus, it is possible that vancomycin failures against supposedly vancomycin-susceptible S. aureus are due to ...
Methods Rats with aortic valve infection due to the vancomycin-susceptible (MIC 2 mg/L), methicillin-resistant S. aureus M1V2 were treated for 2 days with doses of vancomycin that mimicked the pharmacokinetics seen in humans following intravenous administration of 1 g of the drug every 12 h. Half of the treated animals were killed 8 h after treatment arrest and half 3 days thereafter. Population analyses were done directly on vegetation homogenates or after one subculture in drug-free medium to mimic standard diagnostic procedures.
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Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus selected during vancomycin therapy of experimental endocarditis are not detected by culture-based diagnostic ... |
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