Spearman P, Lakey D, Jotte S, Chernowitz A, Claycomb S, Stratton C
Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-2581, USA.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 1996 Sep;26(1):13-5. doi: 10.1016/s0732-8893(96)00145-9.
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.
金黄色葡萄球菌小菌落变异株可在成人中引起侵袭性疾病,病程迁延且对标准治疗无效。我们报告了一例11岁儿童发生的由金黄色葡萄球菌小菌落变异株引起的胸锁关节炎病例,并讨论了在临床微生物实验室鉴定这些变异株的重要性。