Persistent Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Bacteremia in Neonates: Clinical, Microbiological Characteristics and Changes within a Decade

• Main Authors: Venetia Bellou (Author), Despoina Gkentzi (Author), Nikolaos Giormezis (Author), Aggeliki Vervenioti (Author), Iris Spiliopoulou (Author), Gabriel Dimitriou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Atypical outbreaks of persistent <i>coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS)</i> bacteremias, defined as three or more consecutive positive blood cultures with the same <i>CoNS</i> species, at least 48 h apart, have been reported in neonatal intensive-care units (NICUs). Our a...