The clinical significance of staphylococcus pettenkoferi: a retrospective review at a tertiary care medical center

Kristine Batoon Ugaban; Rosemary C She

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2021.115592

The clinical significance of staphylococcus pettenkoferi: a retrospective review at a tertiary care medical center

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2022 Feb;102(2):115592. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2021.115592. Epub 2021 Nov 1.

Authors

Kristine Batoon Ugaban¹, Rosemary C She²

Affiliations

¹ Microbiology Department, Keck Medical Center of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
² Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: rosemary.she@med.usc.edu.

PMID: 34839128
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2021.115592

Abstract

Staphylococcus pettenkoferi is a recently described coagulase-negative staphylococcal pathogen. We retrospectively reviewed 25 cases in which S. pettenkoferi was identified in routine cultures (12 blood, 13 other). Most were found with commensal flora and considered clinically insignificant, but its significance was uncertain in two cases from non-healing, deep foot wounds.

Keywords: Bloodstream infection; Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus; MALDI-TOF.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Coagulants / therapeutic use
Coagulase / therapeutic use*
Drug Resistance, Bacterial / drug effects*
Female
Humans
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Sepsis / drug therapy*
Sepsis / epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy*
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Staphylococcus / drug effects*
Tertiary Care Centers / statistics & numerical data
Tertiary Healthcare / statistics & numerical data
United States / epidemiology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Coagulants
Coagulase