Recurrent ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection caused by small-colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Phenotypic variants of Staphylococcus aureus may be misidentified by routine microbiological methods, and they may also respond poorly to antibacterial treatment. Using molecular methods, we identified small-colony variants of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (which were misidentified by 3 widely used automated identification systems as methicillin-susceptible coagulase-negative staphylococci) as the cause of recurrent ventriculoperitoneal shunt-related meningitis.
Medical subject headings
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt