Severe Disseminated Infection with Emerging Lineage of Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus.
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Authors
- Jewell, Paul; Dixon, Luke; Singanayagam, Aran; Ghani, Rohma; Wong, Ernie; Coleman, Meg; Pichon, Bruno; Kearns, Angela; Russell, Georgina; Hatcher, James
- Source
- Emerging Infectious Diseases. Jan2019, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p187-189. 3p. 1 Diagram.
- Subject
- *STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus
*MICROBIAL virulence
*STAPHYLOCOCCUS
*NUCLEOTIDE sequencing
*DNA analysis
- Language
- ISSN
- 1080-6040
We report a case of severe disseminated infection in an immunocompetent man caused by an emerging lineage of methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex 398. Genes encoding classic virulence factors were absent. The patient made a slow recovery after multiple surgical interventions and a protracted course of intravenous flucloxacillin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]