title: [Searching for Staphylococcus aureus strains with reduced susceptibility to glycopeptides among clinical isolates obtained during the year of 2002].
abstract: The methicillin-resistant strains of S. aureus (MRSA) isolated in our laboratory were searched for strains with decreased susceptibility to glycopeptides, GISA (glycopeptide intermediate Staphylococcus aureus) and hetero-GISA strains. 103 strains isolated in 2002 were investigated. Five h-VISA and none VISA strain were found. There was not observed any increase in the frequency of VISA and h-VISA comparing to the former years. In the case of some clinical as well as standard strains (susceptible, GISA and especially h-GISA) the start inoculum significantly influenced a shape of the growth curve obtained as a result of the population analysis.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Zakład Mikrobiologii Lekarskiej AM w Warszawie.
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Młynarczyk
authors.forename: Grazyna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Młynarczyk
authors.forename: Miroslaw
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Łuczak
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D006020:Glycopeptides; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D006020:Glycopeptides