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. 2017 Mar;23(3):538-539.
doi: 10.3201/eid2303.160833.

Worldwide Endemicity of a Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus capitis Clone Involved in Neonatal Sepsis

Marine Butin, Patricia Martins-Simões, Jean-Philippe Rasigade, Jean-Charles Picaud, Frédéric Laurent

Worldwide Endemicity of a Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus capitis Clone Involved in Neonatal Sepsis

Marine Butin et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Mar.

Abstract

A multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus capitis clone, NRCS-A, has been isolated from neonatal intensive care units in 17 countries throughout the world. S. capitis NRCS-A prevalence is high in some neonatal intensive care units in France. These data highlight the worldwide endemicity and epidemiologic relevance of this multidrug-resistant, coagulase-negative staphylococci clone.

Keywords: Staphylococci; Staphylococcus capitis; antimicrobial resistance; bacteria; clone NRCS-A; endemic; epidemiologic relevance; multidrug-resistant; neonatal intensive care units; neonatal sepsis; worldwide.

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