Identification and medical importance of coagulase-negative staphylococci species

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Elaine Cristina Manini Minto¹  Cristiane Barelli¹  Roberto Martinez²  Ana Lúcia Da Costa Darini¹ 

[1] ,Universidade de São PauloRibeirão Preto SP ,Brazil

关键词: Coagulase-negative staphylococci;    Septicemia;    Bacteremia;    Hospital infection;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-31801999000400007

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

A total of 126 coagulase-negative staphylococci strains (CNS) were isolated from blood samples and from the intravenous catheters and cerebrospinal fluid of 103 patients admitted to the University Hospital of Ribeirão Preto. Staphylococcus epidermidis (68.2%), S. haemolyticus (11.1%) and S. hominis (3.2%) were the most frequent species. The last two CNS showed greater resistance to antimicrobial agents than S. epidermidis. CNS were the agents of infection in 10.7% of the patients and the agents of intravenous catheter colonization in 18.4% of the cases.

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