First Case of Pleural Empyema Caused by Staphylococcus simulans: Review of the Literature

Staphylococcus simulans is a coagulase-negative organism, mainly an animal pathogen. Reports of human infection have been infrequent, mainly in patients with repeated animal contact. We report the first case of pleural empyema in an elderly woman. S. simulans tends to cause more severe infection bec...

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Autores principales: Lal, Amos, Akhtar, Jamal, Ullah, Ashfaq, Abraham, George M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6201379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30405924
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7831284

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6201379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30405924
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7831284

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