Infection of a ventriculoatrial shunt with phenotypically variable Staphylococcus epidermidis masquerading as polymicrobial bacteremia due to various coagulase-negative Staphylococci and Kocuria varians.

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The diagnosis of bloodstream infection with coagulase-negative staphylococci is frequently based on the isolation of the same organism from more than one blood culture. Phenotypic variation is a common characteristic of pathogenic strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis which may affect species identification by the microbiology laboratory. We describe a patient with a new onset of nephritis and gram-positive...

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