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Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus in a Home Health-Care Patient

Jeffrey C. Hageman,* David A. Pegues,† Carrie Jepson,‡ Rose Lee Bell,‡ Mary Guinan,§ Kevin W. Ward,† Martin D. Cohen,† Janet A. Hindler,† Fred C. Tenover,* Sigrid K. McAllister,* Molly E. Kellum,* and Scott K. Fridkin*
*Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; †University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA; ‡Clark County Health District, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; and §Nevada State Health Division, Carson City, Nevada, USA

Figure 2. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profiles of SmaI digested DNA. NCTC, National Collection of Type Cultures 8325 control. Lane 1, vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) isolate from Japan, otherwise designated Mu50; lane 2, VISA isolate from Michigan (7); lane 3, VISA isolate from New Jersey (7); Lane 4, VISA isolate from New York (1); lane 5, VISA isolate from Illinois (3); lane 7, patient's oxacillin-resistant VISA; lane 8, patient's oxacillin-susceptible VISA; lane 9 patient's oxacillin-resistant S. aureus (ORSA, vancomycin MIC = 2 µg/mL) from anterior nares; lanes 10 and 11, isolates of ORSA (vancomycin MIC=2 µg/mL) from the health-care worker's anterior nares.

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Figure 2. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profiles of SmaI digested DNA. NCTC, National Collection of Type Cultures 8325 control. Lane 1, vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) isolate from Japan, otherwise designated Mu50; lane 2, VISA isolate from Michigan (7); lane 3, VISA isolate from New Jersey (7); Lane 4, VISA isolate from New York (1); lane 5, VISA isolate from Illinois (3); lane 7, patient's oxacillin-resistant VISA; lane 8, patient's oxacillin-susceptible VISA; lane 9 patient's oxacillin-resistant S. aureus (ORSA, vancomycin MIC = 2 µg/mL) from anterior nares; lanes 10 and 11, isolates of ORSA (vancomycin MIC=2 µg/mL) from the health-care worker's anterior nares.
 


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