KHANH PHAM, MD1; MEDINI ANNAVAJHALA, PHD2
JAMIE MARINO, PHD1; KAREN P. ACKER, MD1
ANNE-CATRIN UHLEMANN, MD, PHD2
LARS F. WESTBLADE, PHD1
1 - Weill Cornell Medicine
2 - Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, New York
Primary Audience: Phlebotomists, Laboratory Technologists, Laboratory Directors
Secondary Audience: Pathologists, Clinical Scientists (Includes all sub-specialty areas), Students, Pathologist Assistants, Residents, and Students
Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:
· describe the members of the Staphylococcus aureus complex;
· identify the clinical presentation of infection due to a key member of the S aureus complex;
· discuss the laboratory identification of this S aureus complex member and
· explain the importance of its accurate identification.