title: Pediatric bacteremia due to Staphylococcus warneri: microbiological, epidemiological, and clinical features.
abstract: Between 1991 and 1995, an apparent high rate of Staphylococcus warneri bacteremias at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, raised the possibility of a virulent nosocomial strain. In a retrospective review of 30 S. warneri bacteremias in children, organisms were viable and verified in 22 episodes, 12 representing significant bacteremias. Of these 12 episodes, 2 pairs shared chromosomal DNA pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns in unconnected patients, dispelling concerns about a single virulent strain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. butteryj@cryptic.rch.unimelb.edu.au
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Buttery
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Easton
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Pearson
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Hogg
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D013045:Species Specificity; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial