Impact of heteroresistant vancomycin intermediate Staphylococcus aureus on antimicrobial therapy of bacterial infections / 中华检验医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Vaneomycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus(hVISA)has been reported woddwide in recent years,although it was previously thought that vancomycin resistance was seldom.Heteroresistant vancomycin intermediate hVISA has strong impact on the efficacy of vancomycin treatment and it's prevalence has been increasing.However,hVISA is uneasy to be detected.In this issue,Wang Hui research group reports the high prevalence of hVISA,which was detected with reliable method,in MRSA strains collected from 14 cities in China.This finding should attract clinician's attention.