Septicemia caused by Staphylococcus saprophyticus.
Staphylococcus saprophyticus is a common cause of acute urinary tract infection (UTI) in young women. Septicemia has not been reported in patients without signs of immunodeficiency. We report 2 such cases in previously healthy 19- and 33-year-old women. Thus, this microbe may give rise to invasive infection and should be considered when coagulase-negative staphylococci are isolated from blood cultures in patients with symptoms of UTI.
Glimåker
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Department of Infectious Diseases, Orebro Medical Center Hospital, Sweden.
Granert
C
C
Krook
A
A
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis