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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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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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