ArticlePDFAvailableMethicillin-resistantStaphylococcuslugdunensiscarryingSCCmectypeVmisidentifiedasMRSAJune2011BrazilianJournalofInfectiousDiseases15(3)DOI:10.1590/S1413-86702011000300020Authors:EliezerMenezesPereiraEliezerMenezesPereiraThispersonisnotonResearchGate,orhasn'tclaimedthisresearchyet.RicardoSchuenckUniversidadeFederaldoEspíritoSantoSimoneNouerHospitalUniversitárioClementinoFragaFilhoKátiaReginaNettodosSantosFederalUniversityofRiodeJaneiroDownloadfull-textPDFReadfull-textDownloadfull-textPDFReadfull-textDownloadcitationCopylinkLinkcopiedReadfull-textDownloadcitationCopylinkLinkcopiedCitations(12)References(11)AbstractStaphylococcuslugdunensisisararecauseofsevereinfectionsandclinicalmanifestationsaresimilartothoserelatedtoS.aureusinfection.Wedescribeahospital-acquiredbacteremiaduetomethicillin-resistantStaphylococcuslugdunensis,misidentifiedasmethicillin-resistantS.aureus.TheoxacillinMICwas16µg/mLandthemecAgeneandSCCmectypeVweredeterminedbyPCR.Althoughtreatmenthadbeenappropriated,thepatientdiedafterrapidprogressiverespiratoryfailureandanothernosocomialsepsis.ItisimportantnotonlytoidentifyS.lugdunensisinviewofitsclinicalcourse,butalsotodetermineitssusceptibilitytooxacillinbydetectingthemecAgeneoritsproduct.Discovertheworld'sresearch20+millionmembers135+millionpublications700k+researchprojectsJoinforfreePublicFull-text1Availablevialicense:CCBY-NC-ND4.0Contentmaybesubjecttocopyright.293CASEREPORTMethicillin-resistantStaphylococcuslugdunensiscarryingSCCmectypeVmisidentifiedasMRSAAuthorsEliezerMenezesPereira1RicardoPintoSchuenck2SimoneAranhaNouér3KátiaReginaNettodosSantos41MD,Professor,Prof.DeniseBelloAppliedMicrobiologyandFermentationProcessesLaboratory,InstitutoFederaldeEducação,CiênciaeTecnologiadoRiodeJaneiro,RJ,Brazil2MD,Professor,DepartmentofPathology,UniversidadeFederaldoEspíritoSanto,Vitória,ES3MD,Professor,MedicalSchool,HospitalUniversitárioClementinoFragaFilho,UniversidadeFederaldoRiodeJaneiro(UFRJ),RJ,Brazil4MD,Professor,InstitutodeMicrobiologiaProf