Clinical and microbiological characteristics of 28 patients with Staphylococcus schleiferi infection

被引：48

作者：

Hernández J.L. ^{[1
]}

Calvo J. ^{[2
]}

Sota R. ^{[2
]}

Agüero J. ^{[2
]}

García-Palomo J.D. ^{[1
]}

Fariñas M.C. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cantabria

[2] Department of Microbiology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, University of Cantabria, Santander

来源：

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | 2001年 / 20卷 / 3期

关键词：

Clinical Data; Malignant Neoplasm; Wound Infection; Care Centre; Tertiary Care;

D O I：

10.1007/PL00011251

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摘要：

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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页码：153 / 158

页数：5

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