Catalase-negative, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of septicemia
J. bras. patol. med. lab
; J. bras. patol. med. lab;39(1): 45-48, jan.-mar. 2003. tab
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BR14.1
ABSTRACT
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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01-internacional
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Pneumonia
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Staphylococcus aureus
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Catalase
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests
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HIV Infections
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Methicillin Resistance
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Sepsis
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
J. bras. patol. med. lab
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J. bras. patol. med. lab. (Online)
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Jornal brasileiro de patologia e medicina laboratorial (Impresso)
Journal subject:
PATOLOGIA
Year:
2003
Document type:
Article
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Congress and conference
Affiliation country:
Brazil
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Canada
Country of publication:
Brazil