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| Provedor de dados: |
BJID
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus lugdunensis carrying SCCmec type V misidentified as MRSA
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| Autores: |
Pereira,Eliezer Menezes
Schuenck,Ricardo Pinto
Nouér,Simone Aranha
Santos,Kátia Regina Netto dos
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| Data: |
2011-06-01
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| Ano: |
2011
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| Palavras-chave: |
Staphylococcus
Methicillin resistance
Bacteremia
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| 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.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/report
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702011000300020
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| Editor: |
Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S1413-86702011000300020
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| Formato: |
text/html
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| Fonte: |
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases v.15 n.3 2011
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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