Practical strategies for detecting and confirming vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus: a tertiary-care hospital laboratory's experience.
The clinical microbiology laboratory plays a critical role in the detection of Staphylococcus aureus with decreased susceptibility to vancomycin. Staff education and rapid laboratory response are of utmost importance. We report on our laboratory's experience and provide recommendations for the identification and confirmation of vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus.
Marlowe
E M
EM
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90095-1713, USA. bmarlowe@ucla.edu
Cohen
M D
MD
Hindler
J F
JF
Ward
K W
KW
Bruckner
D A
DA
D000465:Algorithms; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D014640:Vancomycin