A study of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from clinically significant infections at an Australian teaching hospital.
Some 151 isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from patients at an Australian teaching hospital were characterized by biochemical analysis, antibiotic sensitivity patterns and slime production. S. epidermidis was the predominant species (64%) isolated from clinically significant infections, and all S. epidermidis isolates from true bacteremias produced slime. Forty-nine per cent were resistant to methicillin and 61% to gentamicin. S. haemolyticus isolates from clinically significant infections also showed antibiotic resistance and 80% were resistant to more than five antibiotics. The importance of coagulase-negative staphylococci as pathogens in this large teaching hospital was confirmed.
Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Sydney.
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D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001315:Australia; D003030:Coagulase; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009093:Mucus / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D003030:Coagulase