Decreased susceptibility to vancomycin in meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a 5 year study in an Indian tertiary hospital

J Med Microbiol. 2010 Mar;59(Pt 3):375-376. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.011940-0. Epub 2009 Dec 3.

Authors

Benu Dhawan¹, Ravisekhar Gadepalli¹, Chandrabhan Rao¹, Arti Kapil¹, V Sreenivas²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 29, India.
² Department of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 29, India.

PMID: 19959626
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.011940-0

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Hospitals
Humans
India
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
Vancomycin Resistance*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents