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Fatal Case Due to Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Small Colony Variants in an AIDS Patient
1 Jun 1999
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We describe the first known case of a fatal infection with small colony variants of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a patient with AIDS. Recovered from three blood cultures as well as from a deep hip abscess, these variants may have resulted from long-term antimicrobial therapy with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole for prophylaxis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
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