title: Early-onset sepsis with Staphylococcus auricularis in an extremely low-birth weight infant - an uncommon pathogen.
abstract: Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are often dismissed as a contaminant of blood cultures and are rarely considered as an etiology of perinatally acquired infections. We describe a case of early-onset sepsis with Staphylococcus auricularis in an extremely low-birth weight infant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine and St Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA, USA. hoffmandj@readinghospital.org
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Hoffman
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Lombardo
mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D003030:Coagulase; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis
chemical_list: D003030:Coagulase