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Whole-genome sequencing of Staphylococcus epidermidis bloodstream isolates from a prospective clinical trial reveals that complicated bacteraemia is caused by a limited number of closely related sequence types.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 May 2020
Shelburne S A, Dib R W, Endres B T, Reitzel R, Li X, Kalia A, Sahasrabhojane P, Chaftari A-M, Hachem R, Vargas-Cruz N S, Jiang Y, Garey K, Fowler V G, Holland T L, Gu J, Miller W, Sakurai A, Arias C A, Aitken S L, Greenberg D E, Kim J, Flores A R, Raad I
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OBJECTIVES: The significance of isolating Staphylococus epidermidis from a blood culture is highly heterogeneous, ranging from contamination to an indication of a serious infection. Herein we sought to determine whether there is a relationship between S. epidermidis genotype and clinical severity of bacteraemia. METHODS: S. epidermidis bacteraemias from a prospective, multicentre trial at 15 centres in the United...
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