Multilocus Sequence Typing for Interpreting Blood Isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis

Staphylococcus epidermidis is an important cause of nosocomial infection and bacteremia. It is also a common contaminant of blood cultures and, as a result, there is frequently uncertainty as to its diagnostic significance when recovered in the clinical laboratory. One molecular strategy that might...

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Main Authors: Prannda Sharma, Ashley E. Satorius, Marika R. Raff, Adriana Rivera, Duane W. Newton, John G. Younger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/787458
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