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Provedor de dados: | 55
País: | Brazil
Título: | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus lugdunensis carrying SCCmec type V misidentified as MRSA
Autores: | Pereira,Eliezer Menezes; Schuenck,Ricardo Pinto; Nouér,Simone Aranha; Santos,Kátia Regina Netto dos.
Data: | 2011-06-01
Ano: | 2011
Palavras-chave: | Staphylococcus; Methicillin resistance; Bacteremia.
Resumo: | Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a rare cause of severe infections and clinical manifestations are similar to those related to S. aureus infection. We describe a hospital-acquired bacteremia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus lugdunensis, misidentified as methicillin-resistant S. aureus. The oxacillin MIC was 16 µg/mL and the mecA gene and SCCmec type V were determined by PCR. Although treatment had been appropriated, the patient died after rapid progressive respiratory failure and another nosocomial sepsis. It is important not only to identify S. lugdunensis in view of its clinical course, but also to determine its susceptibility to oxacillin by detecting the mecA gene or its product.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/report
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702011000300020
Editor: | Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
Relação: | 10.1590/S1413-86702011000300020
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.15 n.3 2011
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess