Prevalence and significance of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from blood cultures in a tertiary hospital

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 551-554

  van Hal, Sebastiaan J ^a   Frostis, Victoria ^a   Miyakis, Spiros ^a   Marriott, Deborah ^a   Harkness, Jock ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; WARD;

AUSTRALIA; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; COAGULASE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 47349120191     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701877304     Document Type: Article

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