Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

The most recent articles from: Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. September 1996

Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. · Sep 1996

Case Reports

Sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis with small-colony variant Staphylococcus aureus.

Small-colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus may cause invasive disease in adults that is prolonged and refractory to standard therapies. We present a case of sternoclavicular arthritis with small-colony variant S. aureus that occurred in an 11-year-old child and discuss the importance of identification of these variants in the clinical microbiology laboratory.

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