Severe Disseminated Infection with Emerging Lineage of Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus

Severe Disseminated Infection with Emerging Lineage of Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus

We report a case of severe disseminated infection in an immunocompetent man caused by an emerging lineage of methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex 398. Genes encoding classic virulence factors were absent. The patient made a slow recovery after multiple surgical interventions an...

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Main Authors: Paul Jewell, Luke Dixon, Aran Singanayagam, Rohma Ghani, Ernie Wong, Meg Coleman, Bruno Pichon, Angela Kearns, Georgina Russell, James Hatcher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Antimicrobial resistance
bacterial infection
epidural abscess
flucloxacillin
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/1/18-0684_article

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