Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2009)

Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Michigan, USA, 2007

  • Jennie Finks,
  • Eden Wells,
  • Teri Lee Dyke,
  • Nasir Husain,
  • Linda Plizga,
  • Renuka Heddurshetti,
  • Melinda Wilkins,
  • James T. Rudrik,
  • Jeffrey Hageman,
  • Jean B. Patel,
  • Corinne Miller

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1506.081312
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 6
pp. 943 – 945

Abstract

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Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) infections, which are always methicillin-resistant, are a rare but serious public health concern. We examined 2 cases in Michigan in 2007. Both patients had underlying illnesses. Isolates were vanA-positive. VRSA was neither transmitted to or from another known VRSA patient nor transmitted from patients to identified contacts.

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