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Detection of Staphylococcus aureus with an intermediate profile to vancomycin (VISA) isolate from Santa Maria, RS

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology (2013) 44(1) 277-279
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822013000100040
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Twenty-three isolates of Staphylococcus aureus resistant to methicillin have been analyzed, being found a clinical isolate of VISA through microdilution technique. The others techniques were unable to detect such isolates. This is the first study that shows the presence of VISA in clinical isolates in the city of Santa Maria-RS. © 2013, Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia.

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Baggiotto Marques, J., Vendruscolo Dalmolin, T., Cordenonsi Bonez, P., Albertina Agertt, V., Anraku de Campos, M. M., & Vianna Santos, R. C. (2013). Detection of Staphylococcus aureus with an intermediate profile to vancomycin (VISA) isolate from Santa Maria, RS. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 44(1), 277–279. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1517-83822013000100040

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