Case report: Identification of intra-laboratory blood culture contamination with Staphylococcus aureus by whole genome sequencing

Anushia Ashokan; Lito Electra Papanicolas; Lex Ee Leong; Maria Theodossi; Santhosh Daniel; Steven Lodewijk Wesselingh; Geraint Berian Rogers; David Llewellyn Gordon

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2019.02.016

Case report: Identification of intra-laboratory blood culture contamination with Staphylococcus aureus by whole genome sequencing

Anushia Ashokan, Lito Electra Papanicolas, Lex Ee Leong, Maria Theodossi, Santhosh Daniel, Steven Lodewijk Wesselingh, Geraint Berian Rogers, David Llewellyn Gordon

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Staphylococcus aureus in blood cultures is rarely considered a contaminant. We report a case of intra-laboratory contamination between blood culture bottles which was confirmed by whole genome sequencing, highlighting the importance of molecular analysis in the clinical laboratory setting.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	331-333
Number of pages	3
Journal	Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Volume	94
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2019.02.016
Publication status	Published - Aug 2019

Keywords

clinical isolates
metagenomics
MRSA
bacteremia
Metagenomics
Clinical isolates
Bacteremia

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Ashokan, A., Papanicolas, L. E., Leong, L. E., Theodossi, M., Daniel, S., Wesselingh, S. L., Rogers, G. B., & Gordon, D. L. (2019). Case report: Identification of intra-laboratory blood culture contamination with Staphylococcus aureus by whole genome sequencing. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 94(4), 331-333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2019.02.016

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Case report: Identification of intra-laboratory blood culture contamination with Staphylococcus aureus by whole genome sequencing

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