Implanted Port Catheter System Infection Caused by Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius ST71-SCCmec type III

Hiroki Kitagawa; Junzo Hisatsune; Hiroki Ohge; Shoko Kustuno; Toshinori Hara; Kanako Masuda; Fatkanuddin Aziz; Motoyuki Sugai

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.5579-20

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Implanted Port Catheter System Infection Caused by Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius ST71-SCCmec type III

Hiroki Kitagawa, Junzo Hisatsune, Hiroki Ohge, Shoko Kustuno, Toshinori Hara, Kanako Masuda, Fatkanuddin Aziz, Motoyuki Sugai

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Hiroki Kitagawa
Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Japan
Department of Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University Hospital, Japan
Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan
Junzo Hisatsune
Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Japan
Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
Department of Antimicrobial Resistance, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan
Hiroki Ohge
Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Japan
Department of Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University Hospital, Japan
Shoko Kustuno
Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Japan
Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
Department of Antimicrobial Resistance, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan
Toshinori Hara
Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Japan
Department of Antimicrobial Resistance, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan
Section of Infection Diseases Laboratory, Department of Clinical Support, Hiroshima University Hospital, Japan
Kanako Masuda
Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Japan
Department of Antimicrobial Resistance, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan
Fatkanuddin Aziz
Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Japan
Department of Antimicrobial Resistance, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan
Department of Bioresources Technology and Veterinary, Vocational College, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Japan
Motoyuki Sugai
Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Japan
Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
Department of Antimicrobial Resistance, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan

Keywords: staphylococcus pseudintermedius, staphylococcus intermedius group, bloodstream infection, bacteremia, human

JOURNAL OPEN ACCESS Advance online publication

Article ID: 5579-20

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.5579-20

The final version of this article is now available: Vol. 60 (2021), No. 14 pp. 2337-2340

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Abstract

Staphylococcus pseudintermedius is commonly associated with skin and soft tissue infections in dogs. However, infections caused by S. pseudintermedius are only rarely reported in humans, and this pathogen is frequently misidentified as S. aureus. We herein report a case of an implanted port catheter system infection caused by methicillin-resistant S. pseudintermedius (MRSP) in a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma. The patient was also a dog owner. S. pseudintermedius was first identified using the Vitek2 system (BioMérieux). Whole-genome sequencing revealed that this MRSP was a sequence type 71-carrying Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type III (ST71-SCCmec III) isolate.

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