TY - JOUR AU - Finks, Jennie AU - Wells, Eden AU - Dyke, Teri Lee AU - Husain, Nasir AU - Plizga, Linda AU - Heddurshetti, Renuka AU - Wilkins, Melinda AU - Rudrik, James AU - Hageman, Jeffrey AU - Patel, Jean AU - Miller, Corinne T1 - Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Michigan, USA, 2007 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2009 VL - 15 IS - 6 SP - 943 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) infections, which are always methicillin-resistant, are a rare but serious public health concern. We examined 2 cases in Michigan in 2007. Both patients had underlying illnesses. Isolates were vanA-positive. VRSA was neither transmitted to or from another known VRSA patient nor transmitted from patients to identified contacts. KW - VRSA KW - MRSA KW - Staphylococcus aureus KW - antimicrobial resistance KW - vancomycin resistance KW - bacteria KW - Michigan KW - USA KW - dispatch KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1506.081312 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/6/08-1312_article ER - End of Reference