First Case of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Infection in a Human

2006/12/01 by Lieve Van Hoovels, Anne Vankeerberghen, An Boel +2 · 2 citations
Medicine · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus #Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing #Microbial Metabolism and Applications

paper · doi:10.1128/jcm.01308-06

Abstract

We present the first clinical report of a Staphylococcus pseudintermedius infection in a human. Biochemically, S. pseudintermedius can be easily misidentified as S. aureus. Therefore, the final microbiological identification requires the combination of phenotypic and genotypic tests.

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