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SUBMITTER: Post V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5625394 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Post Virginia V Harris Llinos G LG Morgenstern Mario M Mageiros Leonardos L Hitchings Matthew D MD Méric Guillaume G Pascoe Ben B Sheppard Samuel K SK Richards R Geoff RG Moriarty T Fintan TF
Journal of clinical microbiology 20170809 10
<i>Staphylococcus epidermidis</i> has emerged as an important opportunistic pathogen causing orthopedic-device-related infections (ODRI). This study investigated the association of genome variation and phenotypic features of the infecting <i>S. epidermidis</i> isolate with the clinical outcome for the infected patient. <i>S. epidermidis</i> isolates were collected from 104 patients with ODRI. Their clinical outcomes were evaluated, after an average of 26 months, as either "cured" or "not cured." ...[more]