1. Distribution of coagulase-negative staphylococci, including the newly described speciesStaphylococcus schleiferi, in nosocomial and community acquired urinary tract infections
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E. Koşan, Ö. Kocabeyoğlu, H. Öztürkeri, K. Keskin, Y. Z. Yergök, and Osman Şadi Yenen
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Coagulase ,Male ,Microbiology (medical) ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Micrococcaceae ,Staphylococcus ,Urinary system ,Urine ,medicine.disease_cause ,Microbiology ,Medical microbiology ,Staphylococcus schleiferi ,medicine ,Humans ,Aged ,Cross Infection ,biology ,Infant ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Staphylococcal Infections ,biology.organism_classification ,Community-Acquired Infections ,Infectious Diseases ,Urinary Tract Infections ,Colony count ,Female - Abstract
Four hundred and four coagulase-negative staphylococci were isolated from 4905 urine specimens obtained from 4192 inpatients and outpatients. The distribution of the strains was as follows: 193 Staphylococcus epidermidis (47.8%), 171 Staphylococcus saprophyticus (42.3%), 29 Staphylococcus haemolyticus (7.2%), 5 Staphylococcus warneri (1.2%), 3 Staphylococcus schleiferi (0.7%), 2 Staphylococcus hominis (0.5%) and 1 Staphylococcus simulans (0.2%). All three Staphylococcus schleiferi strains were isolated from inpatients: a 64-year-old female, a 68-year-old male and a 3-month-old male with colony counts of 468,000 cfu/ml, 324,000 cfu/ml and 764,000 cfu/ml respectively. These findings show that among coagulase-negative staphylococci, Staphylococcus schleiferi, a newly described species of coagulase-negative staphylococci not previously reported as a uropathogen, may also cause hospital acquired urinary tract infection.
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- 1994
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