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The first case of Staphylococcus aureus ST398 causing bacteremia in an immunocompromised patient in Greece.

Drougka, E; Foka, A; Marangos, M N; Liakopoulos, A; Makatsoris, T; Anastassiou, E D; Petinaki, E; Spiliopoulou, I.

Indian J Med Microbiol ; 2012 Apr-June; 30(2): 232-236

Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-143954

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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.

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Aged , Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage , Bacteremia/diagnosis , Bacteremia/drug therapy , Bacteremia/microbiology , Bacteremia/pathology , Catheter-Related Infections/diagnosis , Catheter-Related Infections/drug therapy , Catheter-Related Infections/microbiology , Catheter-Related Infections/pathology , Daptomycin/administration & dosage , Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field , Greece , Humans , Immunocompromised Host , Male , Molecular Typing , Staphylococcal Infections/diagnosis , Staphylococcal Infections/drug therapy , Staphylococcal Infections/microbiology , Staphylococcal Infections/pathology , Staphylococcus aureus/classification , Staphylococcus aureus/genetics , Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification , Treatment Outcome

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