Global prevalence and distribution of vancomycin resistant, vancomycin intermediate and heterogeneously vancomycin intermediate Staphylococcus aureus clinical …

A Shariati, M Dadashi, MT Moghadam, A van Belkum… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA), Vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus
(VISA) and heterogeneous VISA (hVISA) are subject to vancomycin treatment failure. The …

Predictors of mortality in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

SJ Van Hal, SO Jensen, VL Vaska… - Clinical microbiology …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) is an important infection with an incidence rate
ranging from 20 to 50 cases/100,000 population per year. Between 10% and 30% of these …

Reduced Vancomycin Susceptibility in Staphylococcus aureus, Including Vancomycin-Intermediate and Heterogeneous Vancomycin-Intermediate Strains …

BP Howden, JK Davies, PDR Johnson… - Clinical microbiology …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
The emergence of vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) and
heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (hVISA) over the past …

Antimicrobial heteroresistance: an emerging field in need of clarity

OM El-Halfawy, MA Valvano - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
SUMMARY “Heteroresistance” describes a phenomenon where subpopulations of
seemingly isogenic bacteria exhibit a range of susceptibilities to a particular antibiotic …

Comparative efficacy and safety of vancomycin versus teicoplanin: systematic review and meta-analysis

S Svetitsky, L Leibovici, M Paul - Antimicrobial agents and …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
Vancomycin and teicoplanin are the glycopeptides currently in use for the treatment of
infections caused by invasive beta-lactam-resistant gram-positive organisms. We conducted …

Association between vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration and mortality among patients with Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections: a systematic …

AC Kalil, TC Van Schooneveld, PD Fey, ME Rupp - Jama, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Staphylococcus aureusbacteremia (SAB) is a worldwide problem. It is unclear
whether higher-vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) is associated with …

Reduced glycopeptide susceptibility in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

PC Appelbaum - International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2007 - Elsevier
Vancomycin and other glycopeptide antibiotics are the current mainstay of therapy for
infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). However, the high …

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Epidemiology of Vancomycin-Intermediate and Heterogeneous Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus …

S Zhang, X Sun, W Chang, Y Dai, X Ma - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) and heterogeneous
VISA (hVISA) are associated with vancomycin treatment failure, and are becoming an …

Comparison of Detection Methods for Heteroresistant Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus, with the Population Analysis Profile Method as the …

SW Satola, MM Farley, KF Anderson… - Journal of clinical …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates with vancomycin MICs of 2 μg/ml have been
associated with vancomycin therapeutic failure and the heteroresistant vancomycin …

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Significance of Heterogeneous Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus Isolates

SJ van Hal, DL Paterson - Antimicrobial agents and …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
The prevalence of heteroresistant vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (hVISA)
is 1.3% in published studies. Clinical associations include high-inoculum infections and …