Vancomycin Heteroresistance Is Associated with Reduced Mortality in ST239 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Blood Stream Infections

• Sebastiaan J. van Hal ,

  * E-mail: Sebastian.vanHal@sswahs.nsw.gov.au

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Sydney South West Pathology Service – Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Unit, School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Penrith South, New South Wales, Australia

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• Mark Jones,

  Affiliation Centre for Healthcare Related Infection Surveillance and Prevention, Queensland Health and School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• Iain B. Gosbell,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Sydney South West Pathology Service – Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Unit, School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Penrith South, New South Wales, Australia

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• David L. Paterson

  Affiliation University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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