Detection of heterogeneous vancomycin intermediate resistance in MRSA isolates from Latin America.

Background: Vancomycin is a common first-line option for MRSA infections. The heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (hVISA) phenotype is associated with therapeutic failure. However, hVISA isolates are usually reported as vancomycin susceptible by routine susceptibility testing procedures.

A Young Diabetic Patient With Sepsis After Gardening.

We report a case of soft tissue infection, sepsis, and bacteremia due to (melioidosis) in a diabetic young patient and the genomic characterization of isolate (COL-5428).