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Enterococcus casseliflavus septicaemia in a preterm neonate.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2002
Ruess Michael, Sander Anna, Hentschel Roland, Berner Reinhard
Abstract excerpt
Enterococcus casseliflavus is a yellow-pigmented, motile, Gram-positive coccus that is only rarely isolated from clinical specimens. We report the first case of neonatal sepsis due to E. casseliflavus in a premature neonate. Precise identification of Enterococcus species is difficult but is of significant clinical interest because of the intrinsic low-level resistance to vancomycin of species such as E....
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