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Dialysis patients & VRSA

Link: HighWire Press -- Medline Abstract.

Individuals undergoing hemodialysis may be at increased risk for emerging antimicrobial resistance from vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) and vancomycin-resistant S. aureus (VRSA). The laboratory detection of VISA and VRSA is challenging and requires the use of well-thought-out algorithms.

Wednesday, 01 December 2004 in VRSA The Coming Threat |

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