Metabolically deficient methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as cause of chronic post-thoracotomy sternal wound infection

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2004 May;23(5):419-21. doi: 10.1007/s10096-004-1124-6. Epub 2004 Apr 27.

Authors

A Roggenkamp¹, A Haas, W Eder, E Kreuzer, H Hoffmann

Affiliation

¹ Max von Pettenkofer Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Medical Centre Grosshadern, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377 Munich, Germany. andreas.roggenkamp@med.uni-muenchen.de

PMID: 15112066
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-004-1124-6

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Chronic Disease
Female
Humans
Methicillin Resistance*
Mutation*
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus / classification
Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
Staphylococcus aureus / metabolism*
Sternum / surgery*
Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology*
Thoracotomy / adverse effects*