Catalase-negative, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of septicemia

Catalase-negative, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of septicemia

A catalase-negative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was isolated from blood, venous catheter spike and bone marrow collected from an HIV-positive man with lobar pneumonia and sepsis after ten days of hospitalization. The isolate was resistant to oxacillin (positive for penicillin-...

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Main Authors: Ana Lúcia Innaco de Carvalho, Rosemeire Cobo Zanella, Luciane Parra Yoshikawa, Sérgio Bokermann, Maria Luiza L.S. Guerra, Jane Harumi Atobe, Marguerite Lovgren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica 2003-01-01
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial
Subjects:
Catalase-negative
Methicillin-resistant
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