Genotypic resistance testing creates new treatment challenges: Two cases of oxacillin-susceptible methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4151-4153

  Sharff, Katie A ^a   Monecke, Stefan ^b   Slaughter, Sarah ^c   Forrest, Graeme ^d   Pfeiffer, Chris ^d   Ehricht, Ralf ^e   Oethinger, Margret ^f  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Alere Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

^f Providence Health and Services ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEVER; GENOTYPE; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; MALE; MECA GENE; MEDICAL HISTORY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS ABSCESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; OXACILLIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84869206916     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01564-12     Document Type: Article

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