Article
Improved diagnostic prediction of the pathogenicity of bloodstream isolates of <i>Staphylococcus epidermidis</i>
2020-10-16
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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> With an estimated 440,000 active cases occurring each year, medical device associated infections pose a significant burden on the US healthcare system, costing about $9.8 billion in 2013. Staphylococcus epidermidis is the most common cause of these device-associated infections, which typically involve isolates that are multi-drug resistant and possess multiple virulence factors. S. epidermidis...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 2a2c9464-5071-55ee-a861-daef3821d826
- DOI
- 10.1101/2020.10.16.342238
