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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2005, p. 4156-4158, Vol. 43, No. 8
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.8.4156-4158.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Septic Arthritis Caused by Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus

Jang-Jih Lu,1* Shih-Yi Lee,1 Su-Yang Hwa,2 and An-Hang Yang3

Division of Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology,1 Department of Orthopaedics, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical College,2 Department of Pathology, Taipei Veteran General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China3

Received 5 February 2005/ Returned for modification 15 March 2005/ Accepted 19 April 2005

Four methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates were consecutively isolated from synovial fluid and a knee wound of a patient with septic arthritis. Determination of the MIC of vancomycin and population analysis confirmed these isolates as vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus (VISA). Results of this study also revealed that cell wall thickness and reduced susceptibility to Triton X-100 were characteristic features of VISA.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, No. 325, Section 2, Cheng-kung Road, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. Phone: 886-2-8792-7227. Fax: 886-2-8792-7226. E-mail: jjl{at}mail.ndmctsgh.edu.tw.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2005, p. 4156-4158, Vol. 43, No. 8
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.8.4156-4158.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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