Characters of coagulase-negative staphylococci and micrococci from cases of endocarditis.
J Hosp Infect
; 5(2): 164-71, 1984 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-6205056
ABSTRACT
Strains of coagulase-negative staphylococci and micrococci submitted to a reference laboratory from 137 cases of endocarditis over a 5 year period were reviewed. Staphylococcus epidermidis biotype 1 (SII) was the commonest biotype in all groups of patients but exceeded 80 per cent in the 61 patients who had undergone prosthetic valve surgery and the 16 patients who had undergone other forms of surgery. Biotype 4 (SVI) was recovered from 10 of the 34 patients without surgery. Strains from prosthetic valve endocarditis were frequently resistant to many antibiotics while strains from natural valve endocarditis were frequently sensitive to all, or resistant only to penicillin. The value of bacteriophage typing was confirmed.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecções Estafilocócicas
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Staphylococcus epidermidis
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Infecção da Ferida Cirúrgica
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Próteses Valvulares Cardíacas
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Endocardite Bacteriana
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Micrococcus
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1984
Tipo de documento:
Article