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Wide geographical dissemination of the multiresistant Staphylococcus capitis NRCS-A clone in neonatal intensive-care units.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Jan 2016
Butin M, Rasigade J-P, Martins-Simões P, Meugnier H, Lemriss H, Goering R V, Kearns A, Deighton M A, Denis O, Ibrahimi A, Claris O, Vandenesch F, Picaud J-C, Laurent F
Abstract excerpt
Nosocomial late-onset sepsis represents a frequent cause of morbidity and mortality in preterm neonates. The Staphylococcus capitis clone NRCS-A has been previously described as an emerging cause of nosocomial bacteraemia in French neonatal intensive-care units (NICUs). In this study, we aimed to explore the possible unrecognized dissemination of this clone on a larger geographical scale. One hundred...
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