title: Metastatic complications from Staphylococcus intermedius, a zoonotic pathogen.
abstract: Metastatic infection is an infrequent complication of non-Staphylococcus aureus staphylococcal infection. Here we report a case of bloodstream infection due to Staphylococcus intermedius. To our knowledge, ours is the only known case of metastatic infection with S. intermedius.
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. steven.hatch@umassmed.edu
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hatch
authors.forename: Aruna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sree
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tirrell
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: Alan L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Rothman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D057789:Staphylococcus intermedius / Q000302:isolation & purification*