Staphylococcus/Vancomycin

[Bob Morrell]

On Mon, 5 Jun 1995, John Cherwonogrodzky wrote:
>      Is this true? Months ago I read in Morbidity and Mortality that 
> some strains of Staphylococcus (35%?,65%?) were resistant to vacomycin. sorry 
> I don't have the reference...John

No. Some vanco resistant staphs have been created in the lab, but it 
scared at least some of the workers so bad they autoclaved it!
vanco resistant enterococci is probably running under 5%, depending upon 
how you measure it. (we are 800+ beds and have only had two.
Your statistic probably referred to mrsa, methicillin/oxacillin resistant 
staph aureus.

*                     Bob Morrell                       *
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