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. 2011 Oct;49(10):3669-72.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.05287-11. Epub 2011 Aug 24.

Predictors of relapse of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia after treatment with vancomycin

Kerry J Welsh  1 , Kimberly A Skrobarcek, April N Abbott, Cole T Lewis, Mark C Kruzel, Evan M Lewis, Jeanelle M Gardiner, John F Mohr, Lisa Y Armitige, Audrey Wanger
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Predictors of relapse of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia after treatment with vancomycin

Kerry J Welsh et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Oct.

Abstract

The risk factors for relapse of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia after vancomycin treatment are unknown. Diversilab typing was used to classify recurrent bacteremia as relapse or reinfection. Bacteremia for >7 days and staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec element (SCCmec) type II were independently associated with relapse of MRSA bacteremia after vancomycin treatment.

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Dendrogram of the first isolate from each patient with relapsed MRSA bacteremia.
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