BIOL 2905 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Transposable Element, Bacteriuria, Chronic Kidney Disease
25 Mar 2017
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All topics are updated as new evidence becomes available and our peer review process is complete. | this topic last updated: jul 23, 2013. Introduction the emergence of s. aureus with diminished vancomycin susceptibility was anticipated when vancomycin-resistant enterococci (vre) were initially described in the late 1980s [1,2]. The expected mechanism of vancomycin resistance in s. aureus was plasmid- mediated transfer of the vana gene cluster from vre. This was the first observation of vancomycin-intermediate s. aureus (visa). The predicted mechanism of vana gene plasmid-mediated transfer from enterococci to s. aureus was later observed for the first time in 2002; this was the first description of vancomycin-resistant s. aureus (vrsa) Issues related to the mechanism, epidemiology, laboratory definitions, treatment and prevention of s. aureus with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin will be reviewed here. Definitions both the clinical and laboratory standards institute (clsi) and the united.
