Update on Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci—What the Clinician Should Know

Abstract excerpt

Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are among the most frequently recovered bacteria in routine clinical care. Their incidence has steadily increased over the past decades in parallel to the advancement in medicine, especially in regard to the utilization of foreign body devices. Many new species have been described within the past years, while clinical information to most of those species is still sparse. In...

Topics

Join the communities discussing this publication.

• Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
• Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
• Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management