Bacteremia with Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in a 4 month old pediatric oncology patient

Abstract

Staphylococcus pseudintermedius colonizes and is a pathogen of dogs and is being increasingly recognized from specimens from humans with various infections. We describe a case of S. pseudintermedius bacteremia in a 4 month old pediatric oncology patient with clear evidence of transmission from the family pet.

Keywords:

• Staphylococcus pseudintermedius;
• bacteremia
• human;
• pediatric
• oncology;
• pet

Acknowledgements

We thank the parents of the patient for their permission to report the present finding. We thank Deb Hills for her excellent clerical support.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Notes on contributors

Leah D. Blondeau

J.M. Blondeau is Head of Clinical Microbiology for Royal University Hospital and the Saskatchewan Health Authority.

Joseph E. Rubin

J.E. Rubin is a veterinarian in the Department of Veterinary Microbiology at the University of Saskatchewan.

Harry Deneer

H. Deneer is with the Molecular Microbiology Laboratory from the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan.

Rani Kanthan

R. Kanthan is a pathologist with the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan.

Stephen Sanche

S. Sanche is an Infectious Diseases physician with the Department of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan.

Nicole Beshard

N. Beshard is a Pediatric Resident with the Department of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan.

Chris Mpofu

C. Mpofu is an Oncologist with the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency.

Joseph M. Blondeau

L.D. Blondeau is currently enrolled as a graduate student at the University of Saskatchewan.