Metastatic complications from Staphylococcus intermedius, a zoonotic pathogen

Steven Hatch; Aruna Sree; Sandra Tirrell; Brenda Torres; Alan L Rothman

doi:10.1128/JCM.05170-11

Metastatic complications from Staphylococcus intermedius, a zoonotic pathogen

J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Mar;50(3):1099-101. doi: 10.1128/JCM.05170-11. Epub 2011 Dec 14.

Authors

Steven Hatch¹, Aruna Sree, Sandra Tirrell, Brenda Torres, Alan L Rothman

Affiliation

¹ University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. steven.hatch@umassmed.edu

Abstract

Metastatic infection is an infrequent complication of non-Staphylococcus aureus staphylococcal infection. Here we report a case of bloodstream infection due to Staphylococcus intermedius. To our knowledge, ours is the only known case of metastatic infection with S. intermedius.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Bacteremia / complications*
Bacteremia / diagnosis*
Bacteremia / microbiology
Bacteremia / pathology
Humans
Male
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
Staphylococcal Infections / pathology*
Staphylococcus intermedius / isolation & purification*