TY - JOUR AU - Seifert, Harald AU - Wisplinghoff, Hilmar AU - Schnabel, Petra AU - von Eiff, Christof T1 - Small Colony Variants of Staphylococcus aureus and Pacemaker-related Infection T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2003 VL - 9 IS - 10 SP - 1316 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We describe the first known case of a device-related bloodstream infection caused by Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants. Recurrent pacemaker-related bloodstream infection within a 7-month period illustrates the poor clinical and microbiologic response to prolonged antimicrobial therapy in a patient infected with this S. aureus subpopulation. KW - Germany DO - 10.3201/eid0910.030200 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/10/03-0200_article ER - End of Reference