Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics of 28 Patients with Staphylococcus schleiferi Infection
| Autor: | R. Sota, María Carmen Fariñas, Jorge Calvo, J. D. García-Palomo, José L. Hernández, Jesús Agüero |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Male Microbiology (medical) medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Staphylococcus Tertiary care Medical microbiology Staphylococcus schleiferi Internal medicine Medicine Humans Risk factor Aged Aged 80 and over biology business.industry Immunosuppression General Medicine Middle Aged Staphylococcal Infections biology.organism_classification Clinical microbiology Infectious Diseases Immunology Female business |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infections Diseases. 20:0153-0158 |
| ISSN: | 0934-9723 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s100960100467 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to analyse the clinical and microbiological characteristics of a series of patients with infection by Staphylococcus schleiferi. Seventy-one isolates were recovered from 36 patients between January 1993 and June 1999 at a tertiary care centre in northern Spain. There were 28 patients with well-documented clinical data. Infection was more frequent in men (89.3%), and more than half of the patients had some degree of immunosuppression, mainly malignant neoplasms. Infection was nosocomial in 22 cases and community-acquired in the remaining cases. Staphylococcus schleiferi was frequently associated with wound infections, mainly surgical-site infections, although unusual types of infections were detected. Infection-related mortality was low. This study highlights the importance of careful identification of Staphylococcus schleiferi in the clinical microbiology laboratory. Due to the documented association of Staphylococcus schleiferi with clinical infections in humans, any isolates of this organism should be assumed to be pathogenic, unless proven otherwise. |
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