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Early-onset sepsis with Staphylococcus auricularis in an extremely low-birth weight infant – an uncommon pathogen

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Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are often dismissed as a contaminant of blood cultures and are rarely considered as an etiology of perinatally acquired infections. We describe a case of early-onset sepsis with Staphylococcus auricularis in an extremely low-birth weight infant.

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We are indebted to our patients, and Karen Rudisill for assistance in the preparation of this paper.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine and St Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    D J Hoffman

  2. Department of Neonatology, The Reading Hospital and Medical Center, West Reading, PA, USA

    D J Hoffman, G D Brown & F A Lombardo

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA

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Hoffman, D., Brown, G. & Lombardo, F. Early-onset sepsis with Staphylococcus auricularis in an extremely low-birth weight infant – an uncommon pathogen. J Perinatol 27, 519–520 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7211773

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