A case of bone marrow infection by Staphylococcus saccharolyticus.
We report a case of fatal bone marrow infection caused by Staphylococcus saccharolyticus in a 26 year old female. The causative organism was isolated by anaerobic culture on blood agar, and was identified by PCR amplification of the gap gene and genotyping of the resultant sequence.
Clinical Laboratory, The 261st Hospital of The People's Liberation Army, Beijing, China. shendx301@126.com.
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D000328:Adult; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*