Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Infection in a Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient
Author(s) -
Vincenzo Savini,
Daniela Barbarini,
Klaudia Polakowska,
Giovanni Gherardi,
Anna Białecka,
A Kasprowicz,
Ennio Polilli,
Roberta Marrollo,
Giovanni Di Bonaventura,
Paolo Fazii,
Domenico D’Antonio,
Jacek Międzobrodzki,
Edoardo Carretto
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.03310-12
Subject(s) - staphylococcus pseudintermedius , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcus , bone marrow transplant , pathogen , staphylococcus aureus , biology , staphylococcal infections , medicine , virology , bone marrow , immunology , bacteria , bone marrow transplantation , genetics
Staphylococcus pseudintermedius is a veterinary pathogen that has seldom been described as an agent of human disease. Features of this probably underreported coagulase-positive Staphylococcus species are depicted here through the description of a graft-versus-host disease-related wound infection caused by a multidrug-resistant strain.
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