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Indian J Med Microbiol
; 2012 Apr-June; 30(2): 232-236
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-143954
ABSTRACT
We describe a case of catheter-related bloodstream infection, in a patient with colon cancer, caused by a methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus strain, nontypeable by pulsed field gel electrophoresis of SmaI macrorestriction fragment analysis, belonging to ST398. The patient recovered after daptomycin therapy. This is the first report that documents the emergence of ST398 in Greece.