Infection with Vancomycin-Resistant<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>Containing the<i>vanA</i>Resistance Gene

Abstract

Vancomycin-resistant S. aureus was cultured from the exit site of a temporary dialysis catheter of a patient with diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, and persistent foot ulcers. The organism carried the vanA resistance gene, which may have come from the vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis that was also isolated from the patient, who had received vancomycin for several weeks.