Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (2001) 48, 144-145
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Extremely low prevalence of UK Staphylococcus aureus isolates with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin
Department of Microbiology, University of Leeds and The General Infirmary, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Sir,
We note with interest that Livermore and colleagues have not detected any Staphylococcus aureus isolates with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin despite screening approximately 26 000 strains.1 Since April 2000, in our department, all isolates
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