Characteristics of spontaneous coagulase-negative staphylococcal spondylodiscitis: a retrospective comparative study versus Staphylococcus aureus spondylodiscitis

Abstract Background Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are increasingly implicated in recent patient series of spondylodiscitis, but there are no series of CoNS-spondylodiscitis available. The objective of this study was to compare the characteristics of patients with spontaneous CoNS-spondylod...

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Main Authors: Julien Lopez, Zuzana Tatar, Anne Tournadre, Marion Couderc, Bruno Pereira, Martin Soubrier, Jean-Jacques Dubost
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2783-0