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Genotypic diversity of coagulase-negative staphylococci causing endocarditis: a global perspective.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 2008
Petti Cathy A, Simmon Keith E, Miro Jose M, Hoen Bruno, Marco Francesc, Chu Vivian H, Athan Eugene, Bukovski Suzana, Bouza Emilio, Bradley Suzanne, Fowler Vance G, Giannitsioti Efthymia, Gordon David, Reinbott Porl, Korman Tony, Lang Selwyn, Garcia-de-la-Maria Cristina, Raglio Annibale, Morris Arthur J, Plesiat Patrick, Ryan Suzanne, Doco-Lecompte Thanh, Tripodi Francesca, Utili Riccardo, Wray Dannah, Federspiel J Jeffrey, Boisson K, Reller L Barth, Murdoch David R, Woods Christopher W
Abstract excerpt
Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) are important causes of infective endocarditis (IE), but their microbiological profiles are poorly described. We performed DNA target sequencing and susceptibility testing for 91 patients with definite CNS IE who were identified from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis-Microbiology, a large, multicenter, multinational consortium. A hierarchy of gene sequences...
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