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Case Reports
. 2024 Mar;30(3):601-603.
doi: 10.3201/eid3003.230986.

Staphylococcus succinus Infective Endocarditis, France

Louise Ruffier d'Epenoux, Erwan Fayoux, Frédéric Laurent, Pascale Bémer, Raphaël Lecomte, Thierry Le Tourneau, Aurélie Guillouzouic, Stéphane Corvec
Case Reports

Staphylococcus succinus Infective Endocarditis, France

Louise Ruffier d'Epenoux et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Mar.

Abstract

Infective endocarditis is a rare condition in humans and is associated with high illness and death rates. We describe a case of infective endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus succinus bacteria in France. We used several techniques for susceptibility testing for this case to determine the oxacillin profile.

Keywords: France; Staphylococcus succinus; antimicrobial resistance; infective endocarditis; mec gene; penicillin-binding proteins.

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Disk diffusion testing for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Staphylococcus succinus from a patient in France with infective endocarditis. Agar diffusion method using impregnated disks was interpreted according to the criteria of the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing 2022 (version 13.0) breakpoints for oxacillin susceptibility testing (https://www.eucast.org/fileadmin/src/media/PDFs/EUCAST_files/Breakpoint_tables/v_13.0_Breakpoint_Tables.pdf). CEF, cephalotin; CRO: cefotaxime (PBP2); FOX, cefoxitin (PBP4); IMP, imipenem (PBP1); OXC, oxacillin (PBP3); PBP, penicillin-binding protein.
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