Clinical characteristics of infections in humans due to Staphylococcus epidermidis.
Staphylococcus epidermidis is the most common cause of primary bacteremia and infections of indwelling medical devices. The ability to cause disease is linked to its natural niche on human skin and ability to attach and form biofilm on foreign bodies. This review focuses on the S. epidermidis clinical syndromes most commonly encountered by clinicians and future potential treatment modalities.
Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
Mark E
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D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D018441:Biofilms; D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology