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.

Keywords

• Staphylococcus aureus
• bacteria
• antimicrobial resistance
• drug resistance
• methicillin susceptibility
• vancomycin resistance