TY - JOUR AU - Jewell, Paul AU - Dixon, Luke AU - Singanayagam, Aran AU - Ghani, Rohma AU - Wong, Ernie AU - Coleman, Meg AU - Pichon, Bruno AU - Kearns, Angela AU - Russell, Georgina AU - Hatcher, James T1 - Severe Disseminated Infection with Emerging Lineage of Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2019 VL - 25 IS - 1 SP - 187 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We report a case of severe disseminated infection in an immunocompetent man caused by an emerging lineage of methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex 398. Genes encoding classic virulence factors were absent. The patient made a slow recovery after multiple surgical interventions and a protracted course of intravenous flucloxacillin. KW - Antimicrobial resistance KW - bacterial infection KW - epidural abscess KW - flucloxacillin KW - methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus KW - methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus KW - MRSA KW - MRSA and other staphylococci KW - MSSA KW - psoas abscess KW - retropharyngeal abscess KW - Staphylococcus aureus KW - virulence factors KW - bacteria DO - 10.3201/eid2501.180684 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/1/18-0684_article ER - End of Reference