Staphylococcous epidermidis, Staphylococcous schleiferi Infections: Are CoNS Cons?

Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CoNS) represents one of the major nosocomial pathogen in multimorbid, immunosuppressed patients, especially with device-associated infections, often presenting with a diagnostic dilemma and aggressive antibiotic resistance. We report a case of a healthy young man w...

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Autores principales: Abraham, Betsy, Gokhale, Antara U, Mohsin, Jalila, Prakash, Sadanandan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7519614/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33024382
http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23523
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author Abraham, Betsy
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description Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CoNS) represents one of the major nosocomial pathogen in multimorbid, immunosuppressed patients, especially with device-associated infections, often presenting with a diagnostic dilemma and aggressive antibiotic resistance. We report a case of a healthy young man with no comorbidities who succumbed to an extensive abdominal infection with Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus schleiferi after an uneventful diagnostic procedure, despite aggressive antibiotic therapy and surgical source control. Early identification, diagnosis, and aggressive management of CoNS species is warranted depending on clinical scenario and should not be viewed as mere skin contaminants or physiological colonization. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Abraham B, Gokhale AU, Mohsin J, Prakash S. Staphylococcous epidermidis, Staphylococcous schleiferi Infections: Are CoNS Cons? Indian J Crit Care Med 2020;24(8):716–718.
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spelling pubmed-75196142020-10-05 Staphylococcous epidermidis, Staphylococcous schleiferi Infections: Are CoNS Cons? Abraham, Betsy Gokhale, Antara U Mohsin, Jalila Prakash, Sadanandan Indian J Crit Care Med Case Report Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CoNS) represents one of the major nosocomial pathogen in multimorbid, immunosuppressed patients, especially with device-associated infections, often presenting with a diagnostic dilemma and aggressive antibiotic resistance. We report a case of a healthy young man with no comorbidities who succumbed to an extensive abdominal infection with Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus schleiferi after an uneventful diagnostic procedure, despite aggressive antibiotic therapy and surgical source control. Early identification, diagnosis, and aggressive management of CoNS species is warranted depending on clinical scenario and should not be viewed as mere skin contaminants or physiological colonization. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Abraham B, Gokhale AU, Mohsin J, Prakash S. Staphylococcous epidermidis, Staphylococcous schleiferi Infections: Are CoNS Cons? Indian J Crit Care Med 2020;24(8):716–718. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2020-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7519614/ /pubmed/33024382 http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23523 Text en Copyright © 2020; Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd. © The Author(s). 2020 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and non-commercial reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7519614/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23523
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