Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Michigan, USA, 2007.
Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) infections, which are always methicillin-resistant, are a rare but serious public health concern. We examined 2 cases in Michigan in 2007. Both patients had underlying illnesses. Isolates were vanA-positive. VRSA was neither transmitted to or from another known VRSA patient nor transmitted from patients to identified contacts.
Finks
Jennie
J
Michigan Department of Community Health, Lansing, Michigan 48913, USA. finksj@michigan.gov
Wells
Eden
E
Dyke
Teri Lee
TL
Husain
Nasir
N
Plizga
Linda
L
Heddurshetti
Renuka
R
Wilkins
Melinda
M
Rudrik
James
J
Hageman
Jeffrey
J
Patel
Jean
J
Miller
Corinne
C
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D019729:Carbon-Oxygen Ligases / Q000235:genetics*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008824:Michigan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance / Q000235:genetics*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; C071437:VanA ligase, Bacteria; D019729:Carbon-Oxygen Ligases