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Analysis of the genotype and virulence of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates from patients with infective endocarditis.
Infection and immunity - 1 Nov 2008
Monk Alastair B, Boundy Sam, Chu Vivian H, Bettinger Jill C, Robles Jaime R, Fowler Vance G, Archer Gordon L
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcus epidermidis is one of the most common causes of infections of prosthetic heart valves (prosthetic valve endocarditis [PVE]) and an increasingly common cause of infections of native heart valves (native valve endocarditis [NVE]). While S. epidermidis typically causes indolent infections of prosthetic devices, including prosthetic valves and intravascular catheters, S. epidermidis NVE is a virulent...
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