Clinical significance of coagulase-negative staphylococci recovered from nonsterile sites.
Laboratory criteria were used to select coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from nonsterile body sites for further investigation. Fifty-seven percent of the study isolates were clinically significant, predominantly causing community-acquired soft tissue infections. There were species-related differences in virulence, with 91% of Staphylococcus lugdunensis isolates clinically significant compared with 11% of S. haemolyticus isolates.
Tan
Thean Yen
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Laboratory Medicine Services, Changi General Hospital, 2 Simei Street 3, Singapore, 529889.
Ng
Siew Yong
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Ng
Wan Xing
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D000465:Algorithms; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D003030:Coagulase / Q000378:metabolism*; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital; D018461:Soft Tissue Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D041162:Staphylococcus haemolyticus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014774:Virulence
D003030:Coagulase