Genotypic testing for / is heavily relied upon for rapid optimization of antimicrobial therapy in infections due to Staphylococcus aureus. Little is known regarding optimal reporting and/or therapy for patients demonstrating lack of genotypic evidence of or but phenotypic oxacillin resistance. We report a case of a 77-year-old patient with S. aureus bloodstream infection and infective endocarditis with discordance between genotypic results and phenotypic susceptibility testing.
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