Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) can overcome the cost of antibiotic resistance and may threaten vancomycin's clinical durability.

Vancomycin has proven remarkably durable to resistance evolution by Staphylococcus aureus despite widespread treatment with vancomycin in the clinic. Only 16 cases of vancomycin-resistant S. aureus (VRSA) have been documented in the United States. It is thought that the failure of VRSA to spread is...

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Main Authors: Samuel E Blechman, Erik S Wright
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-08-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1012422
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