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A total of three VISA isolates were obtained from two patients and a health care worker (HCW) in a newly built 450-bed secondary hospital. Extensive screening of close contacts for VISA in terms of space sharing and physical contact, irrespective of contact time, was performed. Furthermore, multilocus sequence type, staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type, and spa type profiles were determined for all VISA isolates. The relationship between vancomycin use and the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of S. aureus was also investigated. Molecular typing showed that the strains of the three VISA isolates were identical, indicating horizontal hospital transmission. We assumed that VISA colonised in the HCW could have transmitted to the two patients, which resulted in one infection and one colonisation. The affected HCW was excused from work and was decolonised with mupirocin. Five weeks after the interventions, no additional VISA isolates were identified. 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Extensive screening of contacts in addition to decolonisation is crucial in preventing the further spread of VISA.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/pathogens10050564","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,7]],"date-time":"2021-05-07T22:36:24Z","timestamp":1620426984000},"page":"564","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Lessons Learned from an Experience with Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus Outbreak in a Newly Built Secondary Hospital in Korea"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Min Hyung","family":"Kim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Bundang Jesaeng Hospital, Seongam, Gyeonggi 13590, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yong Chan","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yongin-si 16995, Korea"},{"name":"Center for Digital Health, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Yongin-si 16995, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Heejung","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yongin-si 16995, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hyuk Min","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Laboratory Medicine and Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ju Hyun","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Infection Control Office, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yongin-si 16995, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Da Ae","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Infection Control Office, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yongin-si 16995, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0441-4107","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chanhee","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Disease Control Policy, Bureau of Health, Gyeonggi Provincial Office, Gyeonggi 13494, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jin Young","family":"Park","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Digital Health, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Yongin-si 16995, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yoon Soo","family":"Park","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yongin-si 16995, Korea"},{"name":"Center for Digital Health, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Yongin-si 16995, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Globally, T.D.-R.I. 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