title: Staphylococcus pettenkoferi bacteremia: A case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Staphylococcus pettenkoferi is a relatively recently described coagulase-negative staphylococci species first described in 2002. Since then, nine additional cases of infection caused by this species have been reported in various countries around the world, including Germany, Belgium, France, South Korea, Italy, Brazil and Mexico. The present report describes a case of S pettenkoferi peripheral line-associated bacteremia. To our knowledge, the present report is the first description of human infection caused by S pettenkoferi in Canada. The present report also provides an overview of the laboratory detection of uncommon coagulase-negative staphylococci.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
authors.forename: Abdulaziz Ahmed
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Hashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
authors.forename: Johannes Andries
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Delport
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario; Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
authors.forename: Sameer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Elsayed
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
authors.forename: Michael Seth
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Silverman
keywords: Bacteremia; Coagulase negative; MALDI-ToF; Staphylococcus pettenkoferi