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Kelvin K W To1, Vincent C C Cheng, Jasper F W Chan, Amy C Y Wong, Sandy Chau, Flora H F Tsang, Shirly O T Curreem, Susanna K P Lau, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Patrick C Y Woo.
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We report a case of endocarditis and pericarditis caused by catalase-negative Staphylococcus aureus. Molecular characterization revealed a novel nonsense mutation in the katA gene, leading to a loss of 238 amino acids (47% of the wild-type catalase protein), including the heme-binding site, NADPH-binding region, and Tyr-337, essential for catalysis.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21715584 PMCID: PMC3165592 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00849-11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948