Review of Clinically and Epidemiologically Relevant Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci in Africa

• Published in: Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.)
• Main Authors: Asante, Jonathan, Amoako, Daniel G, Abia, Akebe L K, Somboro, Anou M, Govinden, Usha, Bester, Linda A, Essack, Sabiha Y
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.08.2020
• Subjects: epidemiology; pathogenicity; antimicrobial resistance; Africa; coagulase-negative staphylococci
• ISSN: 1931-8448
• DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2019.0381

Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) have engendered substantial interest in recent years as pathogenic causes of infections in both human and veterinary medicine, especially in the immunocompromised, critically ill, long-term hospitalized and in those harboring invasive medical devices such as c...