Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus lugdunensis carrying SCCmec type V misidentified as MRSA

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 293-295

  Pereira, Eliezer Menezes ^a   Schuenck, Ricardo Pinto ^b   Nouér, Simone Aranha ^c   dos Santos, Kátia Regina Netto ^c  

^a INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Methicillin resistance; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; GATIFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS;

EID: 79959580716     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1413-8670(11)70192-1     Document Type: Article

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