Staphylococcus aureus with Reduced Susceptibility to Vancomycin -- Illinois, 1999.

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report | January 7, 2000 | Copyright

Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most common causes of hospital- and community-acquired infections. Nosocomial methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) infections have become common, and cases of community-acquired MRSA infections also have occurred [1,2]. Since 1996, vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus(VISA; vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration [MIC]=8-16 [micro]g/mL) has been identified in Europe, Asia, and the United States [3-5]. The emergence of reduced vancomycin susceptibility in S. aureus increases the possibility that some strains will become fully resistant ...

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