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. 2016 Sep;94(1):95-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.06.008. Epub 2016 Jun 17.

Late-onset sepsis due to Staphylococcus capitis 'neonatalis' in low-birthweight infants: a new entity?

M Ben Said  1 , S Hays  2 , M Bonfils  3 , E Jourdes  3 , J-P Rasigade  4 , F Laurent  4 , J-C Picaud  5
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Late-onset sepsis due to Staphylococcus capitis 'neonatalis' in low-birthweight infants: a new entity?

M Ben Said et al. J Hosp Infect. 2016 Sep.

Abstract

During hospitalization, sepsis occurs in one of every five very-low-birthweight infants. The emergence of Staphylococcus capitis (SC)-related sepsis in preterm infants was observed recently. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical severity of SC-related sepsis in preterm infants. Of the 105 infants who presented with sepsis related to coagulase-negative staphylococci, 74 were SC. Severe morbidity was more common in the SC group (55.4%) than in the non-SC coagulase-negative staphylococci group (32.0%) (P=0.03). Multi-variate analysis identified SC-related sepsis as an independent risk factor for severe morbidity.

Keywords: Morbidity; Prematurity; Sepsis; Staphylococcus.

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