Clinical characteristics and relevance of coagulase-negative Staphylococci other than S. epidermidis by positive blood culture

Clinical characteristics and relevance of coagulase-negative Staphylococci other than S. epidermidis by positive blood culture

Introduction: Staphylococci is the most commonly isolated bacteria in blood cultures (BC), and is mostly regarded as contamination. However, the clinical relevance and characteristics of CNS other than Staphylococcus epidermidis (Non-SE-CNS) is still unknown. Methods: For the purpose of clarifying t...

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Main Authors: Nobuhiro Asai, Daisuke Sakanashi, Hiroyuki Suematsu, Hideo Kato, Mao Hagihara, Hiroki Watanabe, Arufumi Shiota, Yusuke Koizumi, Yuka Yamagishi, Hiroshige Mikamo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-08-01
Series:Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
Subjects:
Coagulase-negative staphylococci
Contamination
Bacteremia
Blood culture
Time to positivity
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