Fatal case due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants in an AIDS patient.

We describe the first known case of a fatal infection with small colony variants of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a patient with AIDS. Recovered from three blood cultures as well as from a deep hip abscess, these variants may have resulted from long-term antimicrobial therapy with t...

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Autores principales: Seifert, H, von Eiff, C, Fätkenheuer, G
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1999
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2640760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10341185