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Journal article
Staphylococcus simulans: An emerging cutaneous pathogen
JAAD Case Reports, Vol.2(6), pp.428-429
12/04/2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2016.08.015
PMCID: PMC5143409
PMID: 27957522
Abstract
Introduction:
Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS), once an umbrella term for normal skin microbiota, are increasingly implicated in hospital-acquired infections. Quick, easy, and accurate speciation of CoNS via matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) was recently validated. Integrating this technology into hospital laboratories has allowed multiple members of the genus to surface as potential human pathogens. We report a case of Staphylococcus simulans causing a skin and soft tissue infection to alert dermatologists to this emerging CoNS pathogen.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Staphylococcus simulans: An emerging cutaneous pathogen
- Creators
- Bridget E Shields - University of Wisconsin-MadisonAmanda J Tschetter - University of MinnesotaKarolyn A Wanat - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- JAAD Case Reports, Vol.2(6), pp.428-429
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jdcr.2016.08.015
- PMID
- 27957522
- PMCID
- PMC5143409
- ISSN
- 2352-5126
- Copyright
- © 2016 by the American Academy of Dermatology, Inc.
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/04/2016
- Academic Unit
- Dermatology
- Record Identifier
- 9983557355702771
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