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Septic arthritis caused by vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus.

Lu JJ, Lee SY, Hwa SY, Yang AH

Division of Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical College, No. 325, Section 2, Cheng-kung Road, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. jjl@mail.ndmctsgh.edu.tw

Four methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates were consecutively isolated from synovial fluid and a knee wound of a patient with septic arthritis. Determination of the MIC of vancomycin and population analysis confirmed these isolates as vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus (VISA). Results of this study also revealed that cell wall thickness and reduced susceptibility to Triton X-100 were characteristic features of VISA.

Published 5 August 2005 in J Clin Microbiol, 43(8): 4156-8.
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