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Clinical and microbiological characterization of Staphylococcus lugdunensis isolates obtained from clinical specimens in a hospital in China.
BMC microbiology - 6 Aug 2012
Liu Chaojun, Shen Dingxia, Guo Jing, Wang Kaifei, Wang Huan, Yan Zhongqiang, Chen Rong, Ye Liyan
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BACKGROUND: Several reports have associated Staphylococcus lugdunensis with the incidence of severe infection in humans; however, the frequency and prevalence of this microorganism and thus the propensity of its antimicrobial drug resistance is unknown in China. The objective of the current study was to determine the prevalence of Staphylococcus lugdunensis among six hundred and seventy non-replicate coagulase...
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