Now, the CDC has reported the first isolation of a fully vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA). The organism was isolated in June 2002 from a vascular-catheter exit site in a 40-year ...

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) are critical pathogens identified by the WHO for their significant drug resistance.

specialists reported the first full vancomycin-resistant strain of Staph aureus. By definition, such strains require a dose of vancomycin greater than or equal to 16 micrograms per milliliter to ...

aureus? "A prime example is dalbavancin, a treatment option for patients infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus ...

This has resulted in more infections that are difficult to control. MRSA is methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, and it is very dangerous because it is resistant to most antibiotics.