TY - JOUR
T1 - Genotypic resistance testing creates new treatment challenges
T2 - Two cases of oxacillin-susceptible methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
AU - Sharff, Katie A.
AU - Monecke, Stefan
AU - Slaughter, Sarah
AU - Forrest, Graeme
AU - Pfeiffer, Chris
AU - Ehricht, Ralf
AU - Oethinger, Margret
PY - 2012/12
Y1 - 2012/12
N2 - Oxacillin-susceptible, mecA-positive Staphylococcus aureus isolates create a treatment challenge for the clinician. In this article, we describe two cases of bacteremia from isolates that carried the mecA gene but were susceptible to oxacillin (oxacillin-susceptible methicillin-resistant S. aureus [OS-MRSA]). DNA microarray analysis was used to characterize these isolates as a mecA-positive, clonal complex 5, pediatric strain and a mecA-positive, clonal complex 8, USA300 strain.
AB - Oxacillin-susceptible, mecA-positive Staphylococcus aureus isolates create a treatment challenge for the clinician. In this article, we describe two cases of bacteremia from isolates that carried the mecA gene but were susceptible to oxacillin (oxacillin-susceptible methicillin-resistant S. aureus [OS-MRSA]). DNA microarray analysis was used to characterize these isolates as a mecA-positive, clonal complex 5, pediatric strain and a mecA-positive, clonal complex 8, USA300 strain.
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U2 - 10.1128/JCM.01564-12
DO - 10.1128/JCM.01564-12
M3 - Article
C2 - 22993184
AN - SCOPUS:84869206916
SN - 0095-1137
VL - 50
SP - 4151
EP - 4153
JO - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
JF - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
IS - 12
ER -