Staphylococcus aureus
alias: B0917
strain
BSN197
collected_by
Andrew D. Berti
collection_date
2018-01-22
geo_loc_name
USA: Detroit, MI
host
Homo sapiens
host_disease
spinal osteomyelitis
isolation_source
blood
lat_lon
42.33 N 83.05 W
methicillin susceptibility
resistant
genotype
ST8-MRSA-IVa CC8
Ridom spa type
t008
Kreiswirth spa type
YHGFMBQBLO
host_age
40
host_description
Patient with history of multilevel spinal stenosis, paresthesia and myelopathy presents with lower back pain. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed spinal osteomyelitis with phelgmon extending into upper thoracic vetebra and blood cultures revealed staphylococcal bacteremia secondary to same. Patient managed surgically with removal of paraspinal hardware, laminectomy, facetectomy and foraminotomy. Patient managed medically with vancomycin and cefazolin. Patient discharged to rehabilitation facility. Duration of bacteremia: 2 days.
host_disease_outcome
chronic disease
host_sex
male
host_subject_id
BSS197
Alternate Nomenclature
B0917
Other Isolates from Patient
none
Provenance
Detroit Medical Center > Berti
BioSampleModel
Pathogen.cl