title: First report of a catalase-negative methicillin-resistant Staphalococcus aureus.
abstract: We report the first case of catalase-negative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The isolated strain had phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of the major epidemic clone spreading in our region with the exception that catalase activity could not be found.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Hygiène Hospitalière et d'Epidémiologie moléculaire CHU, Besançon 25030, France. daniel.talon@ufc-chu.univ-fcomte.fr
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bertrand
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huguenin
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Talon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D002374:Catalase / Q000032:analysis*; D003030:Coagulase / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006602:Hexosyltransferases; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D002267:Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase / Q000235:genetics; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; D010458:Peptidyl Transferases; D011023:Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003030:Coagulase; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; D002374:Catalase; D010458:Peptidyl Transferases; D006602:Hexosyltransferases; D002267:Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase