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Characterisation of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from blood infections: incidence, susceptibility to glycopeptides, and molecular epidemiology.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Sept 2002
Boisson K, Thouverez M, Talon D, Bertrand X
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this study was to determine incidence of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) bacteraemia and to characterise the epidemiology of isolates with reduced susceptibility to glycopeptides. CNS isolates from bloodstream infections were collected and characterised by determination of the species, analysis of antibiotic susceptibility, and restriction fragment length polymorphism using pulsed-field gel...
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