Determining the significance of coagulase-negative staphylococci identified in cultures of paired blood specimens from neonates by species identification and strain clonality.
Of 13 paired coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) isolates recovered from cultures of paired blood specimens obtained simultaneously from peripheral sites from neonates with clinical sepsis, 12 were identical species with identical genotypes. Isolation of CoNS in cultures of 2 blood samples obtained simultaneously from separate sites in neonates usually represents true infection.
Huang
Yhu-Chering
YC
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan. ychuang@adm.cgmh.org.tw
Wang
Ying-Hsiang
YH
Su
Lin-Hui
LH
Chou
Yi-Hong
YH
Lien
Rey-In
RI
Lin
Tzou-Yien
TY
D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*