Aim: To evaluate whether strict aseptic procedures reduces the CONS positive blood cultures. Methods: In our neonatal unit, any procedure involving skin breakdown is done in a sterile aseptic ...

Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element (ACME)May Contribute to Prolonged Skin Survival Arginine catabolic mobile element is thought to have its evolutionary origins in coagulase-negative staphylococci.

Background: No studies exist regarding the value of pharmacist interventions using rapid identification of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) by rapid polymerase chain reaction (rPCR ...

This type of medium is both selective and differential. The MSA will select for organisms such as Staphylococcus species which can live in areas of high salt concentration (plate on the left in the ...

This type of medium is both selective and differential. The MSA will select for organisms such as Staphylococcus species which can live in areas of high salt concentration (plate on the left in the ...

As many as 90 percent of uncomplicated cystitis episodes are caused by Escherichia coli, 10 to 20 percent are caused by coagulase-negative Staphylococcus saprophyticus and 5 percent or less are ...

He also pointed out that the trial excluded patients who were neutropenic, those who had undergone transplantation, and those with infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus. "You have to decide ...