Abstract
Laboratory criteria were used to select coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from nonsterile body sites for further investigation. Fifty-seven percent of the study isolates were clinically significant, predominantly causing community-acquired soft tissue infections. There were species-related differences in virulence, with 91% of Staphylococcus lugdunensis isolates clinically significant compared with 11% of S. haemolyticus isolates.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Algorithms
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Bacterial Typing Techniques
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Coagulase / metabolism*
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Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology*
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Laboratories, Hospital
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Soft Tissue Infections / microbiology*
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Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
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Staphylococcus / classification
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Staphylococcus / enzymology
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Staphylococcus / isolation & purification*
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Staphylococcus / pathogenicity*
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Staphylococcus haemolyticus / classification
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Staphylococcus haemolyticus / isolation & purification
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Staphylococcus haemolyticus / pathogenicity
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Virulence