Catalase-negative, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of septicemia

• Main Authors: Ana Lúcia Innaco de Carvalho (Author), Rosemeire Cobo Zanella (Author), Luciane Parra Yoshikawa (Author), Sérgio Bokermann (Author), Maria Luiza L.S. Guerra (Author), Jane Harumi Atobe (Author), Marguerite Lovgren (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica, 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A catalase-negative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was isolated from blood, venous catheter spike and bone marrow collected from an HIV-positive man with lobar pneumonia and sepsis after ten days of hospitalization. The isolate was resistant to oxacillin (positive for penicillin-...