Molecular Typing of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Blood and Skin Culture Isolates to Differentiate between Bacteremia and Contamination

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 760-763

  Krause, R ^a   Haberl, R ^a   Wolfler A ^a   Daxbock F ^b   Auner, H W ^a   Krejs, G J ^a   Wenisch, C ^a   Reisinger, E C ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN DECONTAMINATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; COAGULASE; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0346992051     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-003-1005-4     Document Type: Article

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