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

2019; Elsevier BV; Volume: 94; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2019.02.016

1879-0070

Anushia Ashokan, Lito E. Papanicolas, Lex E. X. Leong, Maria Theodossi, Santhosh Daniel, Steve Wesselingh, Geraint B. Rogers, David Gordon,

Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management

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.