The validity of positive coagulase-negative Staphylococcus cultures for the diagnosis of sepsis in the neonatal unit.
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DOI: 10.1055/a-1817-5698
Abstract: BACKGROUND Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CoNS), is the most frequent pathogen causing late onset sepsis (LOS) in neonatal intensive-care units (NICUs). Technical difficulties hinder blood culture (BC) collection and obtaining only one culture before initiating antibiotic therapy… read more here.
Keywords: negative staphylococcus; cultures diagnosis; true positive; coagulase negative ... See more keywords