title: Decreasing prevalence of heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus among blood isolates in Korean hospitals.
abstract: We investigated the prevalence of heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (hVISA) among methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) blood isolates collected from Korean hospitals. The hVISA prevalence in Korean hospitals has decreased during the past decade and the most significant decrease of hVISA prevalence was observed among the ST5 MRSA.
authors.affiliation: Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Yu Ri
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Center for Infection Prevention and Control, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: iddrchung@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Doo Ryeon
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jin Yang
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.affiliation: Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: So Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Center for Infection Prevention and Control, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sun Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Young Eun
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Ha
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Cheol-In
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kyong Ran
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Peck
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Nam Yong
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D015995:Prevalence; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance
keywords: Bacteremia; Genotype; Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Minimum inhibitory concentration; Vancomycin resistance