The first case of Staphylococcus aureus ST398 causing bacteremia in an immunocompromised patient in Greece

E Drougka; A Foka; M N Marangos; A Liakopoulos; T Makatsoris; E D Anastassiou; E Petinaki; I Spiliopoulou

doi:10.4103/0255-0857.96706

The first case of Staphylococcus aureus ST398 causing bacteremia in an immunocompromised patient in Greece

Indian J Med Microbiol. 2012 Apr-Jun;30(2):232-6. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.96706.

Authors

E Drougka¹, A Foka, M N Marangos, A Liakopoulos, T Makatsoris, E D Anastassiou, E Petinaki, I Spiliopoulou

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, National Reference Laboratory for Staphylococcal Infections, University of Patras, Greece.

PMID: 22664446
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.96706

Abstract

We describe a case of catheter-related bloodstream infection, in a patient with colon cancer, caused by a methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus strain, nontypeable by pulsed field gel electrophoresis of SmaI macrorestriction fragment analysis, belonging to ST398. The patient recovered after daptomycin therapy. This is the first report that documents the emergence of ST398 in Greece.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
Bacteremia / diagnosis*
Bacteremia / drug therapy
Bacteremia / microbiology*
Bacteremia / pathology
Catheter-Related Infections / diagnosis*
Catheter-Related Infections / drug therapy
Catheter-Related Infections / microbiology*
Catheter-Related Infections / pathology
Daptomycin / administration & dosage
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Greece
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Male
Molecular Typing
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / pathology
Staphylococcus aureus / classification
Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Daptomycin