Antibiotic Resistance

Strain of staph infection is resistant to vancomycin

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, December 15th, 2002

A Detroit woman's bout with a virulent new strain of Staphylococcus aureus is one of the first of its kind, worrying doctors and public health officials.

The 40-year-old Detroit-area woman, whose name was not released, was infected with a vancomycin-resistant strain of S. aureus. Numerous antibiotics did not work, and doctors eventually amputated one of her toes.

"From a scientific point of view, it's probably one of the most remarkable and significant events in my lifetime," Dr. Steve Lerner, vice chief of infectious diseases at Detroit Medical Center, told the Detroit Free Press for a November 12, 2002, story.

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