První záchyt kmene <I>Staphylococcus pettenkoferi</I> v České republice

• Title in English: The first isolation of a Staphylococcus pettenkoferi strain in the Czech Republic
• Authors: PETRÁŠ Petr; NOVÁKOVÁ Dana; MACHOVÁ Ivana; SEDLÁČEK Ivo; PANTŮČEK Roman
• Year of publication: 2009
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Zprávy Epidemiologie a Mikrobiologie
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science

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• Field: Microbiology, virology
• Keywords: coagulase negative staphylococci; Staphylococcus pettenkoferi; blood stream infections
• Description: Coagulase-negative staphylococci are opportunistic pathogens that can cause serious infection, particularly bloodstream infection, in compromised patients. Based on detailed phenotypic and genotypic analysis, a hemoculture isolate from a patient hospitalized in the Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation, University Hospital, Ostrava, was identified as Staphylococcus pettenkoferi, the last of the already described staphylococcal taxons.

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