What does VRS stand for?

Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococci

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Samples in periodicals archive:

[FIGURE 1 OMITTED] Because vancomycin-resistant staphylococci are very rare, vancomycin has long been considered the gold standard for treating MRSA infections.

No mercy for MRSA: treatment alternatives to vancomycin and linezolid

Vancomycin-resistant staphylococci had not been detected in our hospital until December 2000.

Emergence of vancomycin-intermediate staphylococcus aureus and S. ...

This patient that had vancomycin-resistant staphylococci is almost exactly like a patient 10 years before in North Carolina," notes Jones.

Are bugs winning the battle with vancomycin?