title: Clinical significance of coagulase-negative staphylococci recovered from nonsterile sites.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory Medicine Services, Changi General Hospital, 2 Simei Street 3, Singapore, 529889.
authors.forename: Thean Yen
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Siew Yong
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Wan Xing
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Ng
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D003030:Coagulase