A study of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from clinically significant infections at an Australian teaching hospital |
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| Authors: | M Large E Stubbs R Benn M A Beard-Pegler C Harbour A M Vickery |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Sydney. |
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| Abstract: | Some 151 isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from patients at an Australian teaching hospital were characterized by biochemical analysis, antibiotic sensitivity patterns and slime production. S. epidermidis was the predominant species (64%) isolated from clinically significant infections, and all S. epidermidis isolates from true bacteremias produced slime. Forty-nine per cent were resistant to methicillin and 61% to gentamicin. S. haemolyticus isolates from clinically significant infections also showed antibiotic resistance and 80% were resistant to more than five antibiotics. The importance of coagulase-negative staphylococci as pathogens in this large teaching hospital was confirmed. |
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