Clinical significance of Staphylococcus saprophyticus identified on blood culture in a tertiary care hospital

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 337-339

  Choi, Sang Ho ^a   Woo, Jun Hee ^a   Jeong, Jin Yong ^a   Kim, Nam Joong ^a   Kim, Mi Na ^a   Kim, Yang Soo ^a   Ryu, Jiso ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Staphylococcus; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

OXACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 33751024374     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.08.012     Document Type: Article

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