Clinical significance of coagulase-negative staphylococci recovered from nonsterile sites

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3413-3414

  Tan, Thean Yen ^a   Ng, Siew Yong ^a   Ng, Wan Xing ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BODY FLUID; BODY REGIONS; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; NONSTERILE BODY SITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; URINALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COAGULASE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; VIRULENCE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS;

EID: 33748773346     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00757-06     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Bannerman, T. L. 2003. Staphylococcus, Micrococcus, and other catalase-positive cocci that grow aerobically, p. 384-404. In P. R. Murray, E. J. Baron, J. H. Jorgensen, M. A. Pfaller, and R. H. Yolken (ed.), Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 8th ed., vol. 1. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C.
2. Bellamy, R., and T. Barkham. 2002. Staphylococcus lugdunensis infection sites: predominance of abscesses in the pelvic girdle region. Clin. Infect. Dis. 35:E32-E34.
3. Crowe, M. J., and E. M. Cooke. 1998. Review of case definitions for nosocomial infection-towards a consensus. Presentation by the Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Unit (NISU) to the Hospital Infection Liaison Group, subcommittee of the Federation of Infection Societies (FIS). J. Hosp. Infect. 39:3-11.
4. De Paulis, A. N., S. C. Predari, C. D. Chazarreta, and J. E. Santoianni. 2003. Five-test simple scheme for species-level identification of clinically significant coagulase-negative staphylococci. J. Clin. Microbiol. 41:1219-1224.
5. Emori, T. G., D. H. Culver, T. C. Horan, W. R. Jarvis, J. W. White, D. R. Olson, S. Banerjee, J. R. Edwards, W. J. Martone, and R. P. Gaynes. 1991. National nosocomial infections surveillance system (NNIS): description of surveillance methods. Am. J. Infect. Control 19:19-35.
6. Ieven, M., J. Verhoeven, S. R. Pattyn, and H. Goossens. 1995. Rapid and economical method for species identification of clinically significant coagulase-negative staphylococci. J. Clin. Microbiol. 33:1060-1063.
7. Kloos, W. E., and K. H. Schleifer. 1975. Simplified scheme for routine identification of human Staphylococcus species. J. Clin. Microbiol. 1:82-88.
8. Pezzlo, M., and M. K. York. 2004. Urine cultures, p. 3.12.1-3.12.31. In H. D. Isenberg (ed.), Clinical microbiology procedures handbook, 2nd ed., vol. 1. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C.
9. Schnitzler, N., R. Meilicke, G. Conrads, D. Frank, and G. Haase. 1998. Staphylococcus lugdunensis: report of a case of peritonitis and an easy-to-perform screening strategy. J. Clin. Microbiol. 36:812-813.
10. Sewell, C. M., J. E. Clarridge, E. J. Young, and R. K. Guthrie. 1982. Clinical significance of coagulase-negative staphylococci. J. Clin. Microbiol. 16:236-239.
11. Vandenesch, F., S. J. Eykyn, J. Etienne, and J. Lemozy. 1995. Skin and post-surgical wound infections due to Staphylococcus lugdunensis. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 1:73-74.
12. van der Mee-Marquet, N., A. Achard, L. Mereghetti, A. Danton, M. Minier, and R. Quentin. 2003. Staphylococcus lugdunensis infections: high frequency of inguinal area carriage. J. Clin. Microbiol. 41:1404-1409.
13. Waghorn, D. J. 1994. Staphylococcus lugdunensis as a cause of breast abscess. Clin. Infect. Dis. 19:814-815.
14. York, M. K. 2004. Processing, isolation, detection, and interpretation of aerobic bacteriology cultures, p. 3.3.2.1-3.3.2.14. In H. D. Isenberg (ed.), Clinical microbiology procedures handbook, 2nd ed., vol. 1. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C.