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| Title: | Molecular characterization of a catalase-negative staphylococcus aureus blood culture isolate | Authors: | Teo, J.W.P Kum, S Jureen, R Lin, R.T.P |
Keywords: | catalase cefoxitin clarithromycin daptomycin doxycycline erythromycin gentamicin linezolid oxacillin politef rifampicin vancomycin antiinfective agent bacterial DNA bacterial protein catalase-peroxidase, bacteria peroxidase aged antibiotic sensitivity Article bacterial gene bacterial strain bacterium identification bacterium isolate blood culture blood vessel prosthesis case report catalase negative methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus chronic kidney failure clinical feature frameshift mutation gene sequence human intraoperative period katA gene male matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus multilocus sequence typing phylogeny postoperative period priority journal pus very elderly wound infection amino acid sequence DNA sequence drug effects enzymology genetics isolation and purification matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization mass spectrometry microbial sensitivity test microbiology nucleotide sequence oxidative stress physiology prostheses and orthoses Staphylococcal Infections Staphylococcus aureus surgical infection Aged, 80 and over Amino Acid Sequence Anti-Bacterial Agents Bacterial Proteins Base Sequence DNA, Bacterial Frameshift Mutation Humans Male Microbial Sensitivity Tests Multilocus Sequence Typing Oxidative Stress Peroxidases Prostheses and Implants Sequence Analysis, DNA Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization Staphylococcal Infections Staphylococcus aureus Surgical Wound Infection |
Issue Date: | 2015 | Publisher: | American Society for Microbiology | Citation: | Teo, J.W.P, Kum, S, Jureen, R, Lin, R.T.P (2015). Molecular characterization of a catalase-negative staphylococcus aureus blood culture isolate. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 53 (11) : 3699-3701. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01271-15 | Rights: | Attribution 4.0 International | Abstract: | Here we report a catalase-negative methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus isolate collected from a blood culture. Sequencing through the gene encoding catalase, katA, demonstrated a 2-bp insertion. The resulting frameshift mutation generates a protein that has lost 26 amino acids (aa) at its C-terminal domain. Copyright © 2015, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved. | Source Title: | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/179642 | ISSN: | 0095-1137 | DOI: | 10.1128/JCM.01271-15 | Rights: | Attribution 4.0 International |
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