Open AccessStaphylococcus hyicus Bacteremia in a Farmer
Author(s) -
Carlo Casanova,
Lukas D. Iselin,
Niklaus von Steiger,
Sara Droz,
Parham Sendi
Publication year - 2011
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.05645-11
Subject(s) - bacteremia , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcus aureus , staphylococcus , pathogen , micrococcaceae , staphylococcus intermedius , human pathogen , staphylococcal infections , biology , coagulase , bacteria , medicine , antibacterial agent , antibiotics , genetics
Bacteria known in animal infectious diseases can cause challenges in human diagnostic laboratories. We present pitfalls in the identification and susceptibility testing of Staphylococcus hyicus, a pathogen that typically causes exudative epidermitis in pigs. In this case, the coagulase-positive staphylococcus isolated from a septic patient was misidentified as Staphylococcus aureus.
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