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Bacteremia Due to Persistent Strains of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci in a Neonatal Intensive-Care Unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Lillian Sung ,
Karam Ramotar ,
Lindy M. Samson  and
Baldwin Toye
Lillian Sung
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Karam Ramotar
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Lindy M. Samson
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Baldwin Toye*
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
*
Division of Microbiology, Ottawa Hospital, General Campus, 501 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8L6, Canada
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Abstract

This retrospective case-control study was performed to determine risk factors for bacteremia due to persistent coagulase-negative staphylococci in our neonatal intensive-care unit. Enteral nutrition and the presence of a nasogastric tube were identified as possible risk factors for coagulase-negative staphylococcal bacteremia involving one of the persistent strains.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 20 , Issue 5 , May 1999 , pp. 349 - 351
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1999

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