title: Recurrent ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection caused by small-colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus.
abstract: Phenotypic variants of Staphylococcus aureus may be misidentified by routine microbiological methods, and they may also respond poorly to antibacterial treatment. Using molecular methods, we identified small-colony variants of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (which were misidentified by 3 widely used automated identification systems as methicillin-susceptible coagulase-negative staphylococci) as the cause of recurrent ventriculoperitoneal shunt-related meningitis.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy. tspanu@rm.unicatt.it
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Spanu
authors.forename: Lucio
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.forename: Tiziana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: D'Inzeo
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Masucci
authors.forename: Alessio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Albanese
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Papacci
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marchese
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sanguinetti
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fadda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D010641:Phenotype; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents