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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| author | Ana Lúcia Innaco de Carvalho Rosemeire Cobo Zanella Luciane Parra Yoshikawa Sérgio Bokermann Maria Luiza L.S. Guerra Jane Harumi Atobe Marguerite Lovgren |
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| description | 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-binding protein 2'), ceftriaxone, clindamycin and clarithromycin, and susceptible to vancomycin. This is the first case of septicemia due to a catalase-negative S. aureus reported in Brazil, and, to our knowledge, it is the first case of catalase-negative MRSA reported in the literature. We believe that the patient acquired the S. aureus infection within the hospital environment since it was isolated ten days after hospitalization, it was isolated in a venous catheter spike, and the antibiotic resistance profile is similar to other S. aureus isolates recovered from infections in our hospital. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-de7011984afe46e4addfac7d91eb06db2022-12-21T17:22:47ZengSociedade Brasileira de Patologia ClínicaJornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial1678-47742003-01-01391454810.1590/S1676-24442003000100009Catalase-negative, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of septicemiaAna Lúcia Innaco de Carvalho0Rosemeire Cobo Zanella1Luciane Parra Yoshikawa2Sérgio Bokermann3Maria Luiza L.S. Guerra4Jane Harumi Atobe5Marguerite Lovgren6Instituto de Infectologia Emílio RibasInstituto Adolfo LutzInstituto de Infectologia Emílio RibasInstituto Adolfo LutzInstituto Adolfo LutzInstituto de Infectologia Emílio RibasUniversity of AlbertaA 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-binding protein 2'), ceftriaxone, clindamycin and clarithromycin, and susceptible to vancomycin. This is the first case of septicemia due to a catalase-negative S. aureus reported in Brazil, and, to our knowledge, it is the first case of catalase-negative MRSA reported in the literature. We believe that the patient acquired the S. aureus infection within the hospital environment since it was isolated ten days after hospitalization, it was isolated in a venous catheter spike, and the antibiotic resistance profile is similar to other S. aureus isolates recovered from infections in our hospital.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-24442003000100009&tlng=enCatalase-negativeMethicillin-resistant |
| spellingShingle | Ana Lúcia Innaco de Carvalho Rosemeire Cobo Zanella Luciane Parra Yoshikawa Sérgio Bokermann Maria Luiza L.S. Guerra Jane Harumi Atobe Marguerite Lovgren Catalase-negative, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of septicemia Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial Catalase-negative Methicillin-resistant |
| title | Catalase-negative, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of septicemia |
| title_full | Catalase-negative, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of septicemia |
| title_fullStr | Catalase-negative, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of septicemia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Catalase-negative, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of septicemia |
| title_short | Catalase-negative, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of septicemia |
| title_sort | catalase negative methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus as a cause of septicemia |
| topic | Catalase-negative Methicillin-resistant |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-24442003000100009&tlng=en |
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