Prevalence and virulence factors of coagulase negative Staphylococcus causative of prosthetic joint infections in an orthopedic hospital of Mexico.

Conclusion: S. haemolyticus, S. sciuri and S. lentus are new isolates of PJI not previously reported with virulence factors similar to CNS isolates.
PMID: 31264992 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Cirugia y Cirujanos - July 4, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Ortega-Peña S, Franco-Cendejas R, Salazar-Sáenz B, Rodríguez-Martínez S, Cancino-Díaz ME, Cancino-Díaz JC Tags: Cir Cir Source Type: research