vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA)

Epidemiology: - only 13 VRSA isolates have been reported in the U.S & 1 from Brazil, all from patients with skin infections or soft tissue infections - all isolates hospital-associated Pathology: - results from the vanA gene cluster found in strains of MRSA

References

Baddour LM NEJM Journal Watch. April 17, 2014 Massachusetts Medical Society http://www.jwatch.org - Rossi F et al. Transferable vancomycin resistance in a community-associated MRSA lineage. N Engl J Med 2014 Apr 17; 370:1524 PMID: 24738669 http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1303359