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Clinical Isolates of<i>Staphylococcus intermedius</i>Masquerading as Methicillin-Resistant<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>
1 Dec 2004
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Staphylococcus intermedius is a zoonotic organism that can be associated with human disease. We report two separate cases of S. intermedius infection in which a false-positive rapid penicillin binding protein 2a latex test in conjunction with the phenotypic properties of beta-hemolysis and coagulase positivity allowed the clinical isolates to masquerade as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. 16S rRNA...
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