Characterization of a Catalase-Negative Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strain
- 1 August 2007
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 45 (8), 2684-2685
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.02457-06
Abstract
We describe an unusual clinical strain of catalase-negative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sensu stricto. Sequence analysis of its catalase gene showed 99.60% identities to the catalase genes of the reference strains. A 5-base deletion, however, led to a shift of the nucleotide reading frame and a loss of the enzymatic activity.Keywords
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