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Case Reports
. 2006 Dec;44(12):4609-12.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01308-06. Epub 2006 Oct 18.

First case of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius infection in a human

Lieve Van Hoovels  1 , Anne Vankeerberghen, An Boel, Kristien Van Vaerenbergh, Hans De Beenhouwer
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Case Reports

First case of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius infection in a human

Lieve Van Hoovels et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Dec.

Abstract

We present the first clinical report of a Staphylococcus pseudintermedius infection in a human. Biochemically, S. pseudintermedius can be easily misidentified as S. aureus. Therefore, the final microbiological identification requires the combination of phenotypic and genotypic tests.

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FIG.1.
FIG.1.
(A) Maximum likelihood tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences. Our strain (S. pseudintermedius DQ991031) shows a 16S rRNA gene sequence identical to those previously reported by Devriese et al. (S. pseudintermedius strains AJ780976, AJ780977, AJ780978, and AJ780979). (B) Maximum likelihood tree based on the tuf gene sequences. Our strain (S. pseudintermedius DQ991034) shows 100% sequence similarity with the tuf gene sequences obtained from the S. pseudintermedius strains of Devriese et al. (strains DQ991035, DQ991036, DQ991037, and DQ991038).
FIG.1.
FIG.1.
(A) Maximum likelihood tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences. Our strain (S. pseudintermedius DQ991031) shows a 16S rRNA gene sequence identical to those previously reported by Devriese et al. (S. pseudintermedius strains AJ780976, AJ780977, AJ780978, and AJ780979). (B) Maximum likelihood tree based on the tuf gene sequences. Our strain (S. pseudintermedius DQ991034) shows 100% sequence similarity with the tuf gene sequences obtained from the S. pseudintermedius strains of Devriese et al. (strains DQ991035, DQ991036, DQ991037, and DQ991038).
FIG. 2.
FIG. 2.
Overview of the mismatches (bases highlighted by black background) between the binding sites of the tuf gene sequences and the FRET probes used in the RT-PCR assay as described by Sakai et al. (6). The fluorescein isothiocyanate label (probe 205) and the LCRED-705 fluorescence dye label (probe 206) are represented by * and °, respectively.
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