The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 174, No. 5 (Nov., 1996), pp. 1010-1014 (5 pages) One of the criteria used to determine the clinical importance of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) is ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Drug-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci (DRCNS) in orthopaedic patients and ward staff were studied. A significant increase in the ...

Background/aims: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) remains a major disease in infants. Prevalence and severity of NEC varies greatly among centres. Our purpose was to asses the impact of epidemiology, ...

Records of patients from whom Staph. aureus had previously been recovered and tested for penicillin sensitivity were also studied. Nasal cultures were obtained from a number of healthy infants and ...

BLANKETS and mattresses used on hospital beds have been indicted as important reservoirs of staphylococci and have been incriminated as being responsible for crossinfection between patients and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Treatment of gram-positive bloodstream infections often is a clinical challenge, especially those caused by ...

Using rapid diagnostic tests and algorithms to make suggestions on how to best use antibiotics helped reduce the amount of days people needed to stay on them, a new report finds. The study was ...

Most people have Staphylococcus bacteria on their skin, but sometimes it can cause an acute infection with life threatening symptoms. Staphylococcus bacteria are a common bacterial strain. Even ...