title: Determining the significance of coagulase-negative staphylococci identified in cultures of paired blood specimens from neonates by species identification and strain clonality.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan. ychuang@adm.cgmh.org.tw
authors.forename: Yhu-Chering
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Ying-Hsiang
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lin-Hui
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Yi-Hong
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: Rey-In
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Lien
authors.forename: Tzou-Yien
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: 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*