Clinical features and treatment outcomes of vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) and heteroresistant vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (hVISA) in a tertiary care institution in Singapore.

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Published in Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis on April 22, 2009

Authors

R K C Fong1, J Low, T H Koh, A Kurup

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1: Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore. fongraymond@hotmail.com

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