title: Staphylococcus hyicus bacteremia in a farmer.
abstract: Bacteria known in animal infectious diseases can cause challenges in human diagnostic laboratories. We present pitfalls in the identification and susceptibility testing of Staphylococcus hyicus, a pathogen that typically causes exudative epidermitis in pigs. In this case, the coagulase-positive staphylococcus isolated from a septic patient was misidentified as Staphylococcus aureus.
authors: Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Friedbühlstrasse 51, 3010 Bern, Switzerland.
authors: Carlo
authors: C
authors: Casanova
authors: Lukas
authors: L
authors: Iselin
authors: Niklaus
authors: N
authors: von Steiger
authors: Sara
authors: S
authors: Droz
authors: Parham
authors: P
authors: Sendi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D057788:Staphylococcus hyicus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S