Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2015)

Methicillin-Susceptible, Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Brazil

  • Diana Panesso,
  • Paul Planet,
  • Lorena Diaz,
  • Jean-Emmanuel Hugonnet,
  • Truc T. Tran,
  • Apurva Narechania,
  • Jose M. Munita,
  • Sandra Rincon,
  • Lina P. Carvajal,
  • Jinnethe Reyes,
  • Alejandra Londoño,
  • Hannah Smith,
  • Robert Sebra,
  • Gintaras Deikus,
  • George M. Weinstock,
  • Barbara E. Murray,
  • Flavia Rossi,
  • Michel Arthur,
  • Cesar A. Arias

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2110.141914
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 10
pp. 1844 – 1848

Abstract

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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.

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