Meticillin-heteroresistant Staphylococcus pasteuri from an apheresis platelet product

J Med Microbiol. 2009 Nov;58(Pt 11):1527-1528. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.008193-0. Epub 2009 Jul 16.

Authors

Vincenzo Savini¹, Azaira Bianco¹, Chiara Catavitello¹, Andrea Balbinot¹, Arianna Pompilio², Raffaele Piccolomini², Giovanni Di Bonaventura², Antonio Iacone³, Domenico D'Antonio¹

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Department of Transfusion Medicine, 'Spirito Santo' Hospital, Pescara, Italy.
² Clinical Microbiology, Aging Research Center (CeSI), and Department of Biomedical Sciences, 'Gabriele d'Annunzio' University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy.
³ Department of Transfusion Medicine, 'Spirito Santo' Hospital, Pescara, Italy.

PMID: 19608691
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.008193-0

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Blood Platelets / microbiology*
Humans
Methicillin / pharmacology*
Methicillin Resistance*
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Plateletpheresis*
Species Specificity
Staphylococcus / classification
Staphylococcus / drug effects*
Staphylococcus / isolation & purification

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Methicillin