To the Editor: We read with interest the case report of Ward and colleagues, describing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin in a patient being treated for lower-limb ischaemia.1 We conclude that this antibiotic resistance may not have developed if the patient had been treated with conventional vascular therapy.
The full article is accessible to AMA members and paid subscribers. Login to read more or purchase a subscription now.
Please note: institutional and Research4Life access to the MJA is now provided through Wiley Online Library.
Correspondence: spu@stvincents.com.au
- 1. Ward PB, Johnson PDR, Grabsch EA, et al. Treatment failure due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin. Med J Aust 2001; 175: 480-483. <eMJA Full text>
- 2. Moore WS. Below knee amputation. In: Moore WS, Malone JM, editors. Lower extremity amputation. Philadelphia: W B Saunders, 1989: 119.
Online responses are no longer available. Please refer to our instructions for authors page for more information.