The first case of Staphylococcus aureus ST398 causing bacteremia in an immunocompromised patient in Greece

E Drougka¹, A Foka¹, MN Marangos², A Liakopoulos³, T Makatsoris⁴, ED Anastassiou¹, E Petinaki³, I Spiliopoulou^1 
1 Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, National Reference Laboratory for Staphylococcal Infections, University of Patras, Greece
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Patras, Greece
³ Department of Microbiology, University of Patras, Greece
⁴ Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Greece

Correspondence Address:
I Spiliopoulou
Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, National Reference Laboratory for Staphylococcal Infections, University of Patras
Greece

We describe a case of catheter-related bloodstream infection, in a patient with colon cancer, caused by a methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus strain, nontypeable by pulsed field gel electrophoresis of SmaI macrorestriction fragment analysis, belonging to ST398. The patient recovered after daptomycin therapy. This is the first report that documents the emergence of ST398 in Greece.