Open AccessEarly-onset sepsis with Staphylococcus auricularis in an extremely low-birth weight infant – an uncommon pathogen
Author(s) -
David J. Hoffman,
Gerard Brown,
Franco Michael Lombardo
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of perinatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1476-5543
pISSN - 0743-8346
DOI - 10.1038/sj.jp.7211773
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , sepsis , coagulase , staphylococcus , neonatal sepsis , low birth weight , pathogen , staphylococcus aureus , pediatrics , immunology , pregnancy , bacteria , biology , genetics
Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are often dismissed as a contaminant of blood cultures and are rarely considered as an etiology of perinatally acquired infections. We describe a case of early-onset sepsis with Staphylococcus auricularis in an extremely low-birth weight infant.