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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2009, p. 2311-2316, Vol. 47, No. 7
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01749-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

The First Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated from Patients in Thailand{triangledown}

Aroonlug Lulitanond,1 Chulapan Engchanil,2 Prajuab Chaimanee,3 Malai Vorachit,4 Teruyo Ito,5,6 and Keiichi Hiramatsu5,6*

Centre for Research and Development in Medical Diagnostic Laboratory 2, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand,1 Research and Diagnostic Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand,2 Clinical Microbiology Unit, Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand,3 Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand,4 Department of Infection Control Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan,5 Department of Bacteriology, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan6

Received 10 September 2008/ Returned for modification 3 November 2008/ Accepted 21 April 2009

We screened 533 and 361 methicillin (meticillin)-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated in a university hospital in 2002 and 2003 and in 2006 and 2007, respectively, and identified 4 (0.8%) of the strains in the first group and 8 (2.2%) of the strains in second group as heterogeneous vancomycin-resistant S. aureus (heterogeneous VISA) strains and 3 (0.8%) of the strains in the second group as VISA strains. This is the first report of VISA strains isolated from patients in Thailand.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Bacteriology, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, 2-1-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan. Phone: 81-(0)3-5802-1040. Fax: 81-(0)3-5684-7830. E-mail: khiram06{at}juntendo.ac.jp

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 29 April 2009.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2009, p. 2311-2316, Vol. 47, No. 7
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01749-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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