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Case Reports
. 2002 Jul;43(3):245-6.
doi: 10.1016/s0732-8893(02)00398-x.

First report of a catalase-negative methicillin-resistant Staphalococcus aureus

Xavier Bertrand  1 , Yves Huguenin, Daniel Talon
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Case Reports

First report of a catalase-negative methicillin-resistant Staphalococcus aureus

Xavier Bertrand et al. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2002 Jul.

Abstract

We report the first case of catalase-negative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The isolated strain had phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of the major epidemic clone spreading in our region with the exception that catalase activity could not be found.

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