Staphylococcus epidermidis: an increasing cause of infection in patients with granulocytopenia
Wade JC;Schimpff SC;Newman KA;Wiernik PH;;
annals of internal medicine1982Vol. 97pp. -
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jc1982annalsstaphylococcus
Abstract
Staphylococcus epidermidis, a major component of the skin flora, is usually considered a contaminant when recovered from diagnostic cultures. Since 1974 infections caused by gram-negative bacilli and S. aureus occurring among patients with granulocytopenic cancer have remained constant; infections d …