Recurrent ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection caused by small-colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus

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作者：

Spanu, T

Romano, L

D'Inzeo, T

Masucci, L

Albanese, A

Papacci, F

Marchese, E

Sanguinetti, M

Fadda, G

机构：

[1] Univ Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Inst Microbiol, I-00168 Rome, Italy

[2] Univ Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Dept Neurosurg, I-00168 Rome, Italy

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CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 2005年 / 41卷 / 05期

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10.1086/432577

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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];

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100102 ;

摘要：

Phenotypic variants of Staphylococcus aureus may be misidentified by routine microbiological methods, and they may also respond poorly to antibacterial treatment. Using molecular methods, we identified small-colony variants of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (which were misidentified by 3 widely used automated identification systems as methicillin-susceptible coagulase-negative staphylococci) as the cause of recurrent ventriculoperitoneal shunt-related meningitis.

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