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. 2015 Jan;53(1):292-4.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.02932-14. Epub 2014 Oct 22.

Unbiased species-level identification of clinical isolates of coagulase-negative Staphylococci: does it change the perspective on Staphylococcus lugdunensis?

Wael F Elamin  1 , David Ball  2 , Michael Millar  2
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Unbiased species-level identification of clinical isolates of coagulase-negative Staphylococci: does it change the perspective on Staphylococcus lugdunensis?

Wael F Elamin et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Jan.

Abstract

Unbiased species-level identification of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) identified Staphylococcus lugdunensis to be a more commonly isolated CoNS in our laboratory than previously observed. It has also highlighted the possibility of vertical transmission.

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