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Nosocomial ventriculitis caused by a meticillin- and linezolid-resistant clone of Staphylococcus epidermidis in neurosurgical patients.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Dec 2018
Rodríguez-Lucas C, Fernández J, Boga J A, López-Amor L, Forcelledo L, Lázaro-López E, Rodicio M R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Postneurosurgical ventriculitis is mainly caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci. The rate of linezolid-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (LRSE) is increasing worldwide. AIMS: To report clinical, epidemiological and microbiological data from a series of ventriculitis cases caused by LRSE in a Spanish hospital between 2013 and 2016. METHODS: Cases of LRSE ventriculitis were reviewed...
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