Clinical Isolates ofStaphylococcus intermediusMasquerading as Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus
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- 1 December 2004
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 42 (12) , 5881-5884
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.42.12.5881-5884.2004
Abstract
Staphylococcus intermediusis a zoonotic organism that can be associated with human disease. We report two separate cases ofS. intermediusinfection in which a false-positive rapid penicillin binding protein 2a latex test in conjunction with the phenotypic properties of β-hemolysis and coagulase positivity allowed the clinical isolates to masquerade as methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus. 16S rRNA gene sequencing and the absence ofmecArevealed the strains to be methicillin-susceptibleS. intermedius.Keywords
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