TY - JOUR AU - Panesso, Diana AU - Planet, Paul AU - Diaz, Lorena AU - Hugonnet, Jean-Emmanuel AU - Tran, Truc AU - Narechania, Apurva AU - Munita, Jose AU - Rincon, Sandra AU - Carvajal, Lina AU - Reyes, Jinnethe AU - LondoƱo, Alejandra AU - Smith, Hannah AU - Sebra, Robert AU - Deikus, Gintaras AU - Weinstock, George AU - Murray, Barbara AU - Rossi, Flavia AU - Arthur, Michel AU - Arias, Cesar T1 - Methicillin-Susceptible, Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Brazil T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2015 VL - 21 IS - 10 SP - 1844 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We report characterization of a methicillin-susceptible, vancomycin-resistant bloodstream isolate of Staphylococcus aureus recovered from a patient in Brazil. Emergence of vancomycin resistance in methicillin-susceptible S. aureus would indicate that this resistance trait might be poised to disseminate more rapidly among S. aureus and represents a major public health threat. KW - Staphylococcus aureus KW - bacteria KW - antimicrobial resistance KW - drug resistance KW - methicillin susceptibility KW - vancomycin resistance KW - methicillin-susceptible KW - vancomycin-resistant KW - MSSA KW - bacterial infections KW - bacteremia KW - gram-positive bacterial infections KW - methicillin-susceptible S. aureus KW - Brazil DO - 10.3201/eid2110.141914 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/10/14-1914_article ER - End of Reference