First case of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius infection in a human

J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Dec;44(12):4609-12. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01308-06. Epub 2006 Oct 18.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Base Sequence
  • Belgium
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Staphylococcus / classification*
  • Staphylococcus / genetics
  • Staphylococcus / isolation & purification*
  • Staphylococcus / physiology

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Associated data

  • GENBANK/DQ991031
  • GENBANK/DQ991032
  • GENBANK/DQ991033
  • GENBANK/DQ991034
  • GENBANK/DQ991035
  • GENBANK/DQ991036
  • GENBANK/DQ991037
  • GENBANK/DQ991038
  • GENBANK/DQ991039
  • GENBANK/DQ991040