Author/Authors :
Dezfulian، A نويسنده Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Dezfulian, A , Salehian، MT نويسنده Department of General Vascular Surgery, Taleghani Hospital, Tehran, Iran. Salehian, MT , Amini، V نويسنده Department of General Vascular Surgery, Taleghani Hospital, Tehran, Iran. Amini, V , Dabiri، H نويسنده Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Dabiri, H , Azimirad، M نويسنده Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Azimirad, M , Aslani، MM نويسنده Department of Molecular Biology, Pasteur Institute of Iran. Aslani, MM , Zali، MR نويسنده , , Fazel، I نويسنده Department of General Vascular Surgery, Taleghani Hospital, Tehran, Iran. Fazel, I
Abstract :
We report a catalase-negative Staphylococcus aureus isolated from a 56-year-old male diabetic patient with foot ulcer who attended our surgery ward. Species identification was confirmed by Gram staining, standard biochemical tests and PCR amplification of the nuc and fem genes. Antibiotic susceptibility showed that the strain was sensitive to imepenem, chloramphenicol, amoxicillin, vancomycin and resistant to oxacillin, penicillin, ceftriaxone, erythromycin, clindamycin, and amikacin. Clinicians and microbiologists must be encouraged to identify and report these atypical strains and the infections associated with them in order to establish their role in pathogenesis.
