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Multilocus Sequence Typing for Interpreting Blood Isolates of<i>Staphylococcus epidermidis</i>
1 Jan 2014
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Staphylococcus epidermidis is an important cause of nosocomial infection and bacteremia. It is also a common contaminant of blood cultures and, as a result, there is frequently uncertainty as to its diagnostic significance when recovered in the clinical laboratory. One molecular strategy that might be of value in clarifying the interpretation of S. epidermidis identified in blood culture is multilocus sequence...
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