Clinical isolates of Staphylococcus intermedius masquerading as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

被引：64

作者：

Pottumarthy, S

Schapiro, JM

Prentice, JL

Houze, YB

Swanzy, SR

Fang, FC

Cookson, BT

机构：

[1] Univ Washington, Dept Lab Med, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

[2] Univ Washington, Dept Microbiol, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY | 2004年 / 42卷 / 12期

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D O I：

10.1128/JCM.42.12.5881-5884.2004

中图分类号：

Q93 [微生物学];

学科分类号：

071005 ; 100705 ;

摘要：

Staphylococcus intermedius is a zoonotic organism that can be associated with human disease. We report two separate cases of S. intermedius infection in which a false-positive rapid penicillin binding protein 2a latex test in conjunction with the phenotypic properties of P-hemolysis and coagulase positivity allowed the clinical isolates to masquerade as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. 16S rRNA gene sequencing and the absence of mecA revealed the strains to be methicillin-susceptible S. intermedius.

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页码：5881 / 5884

页数：4

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