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Sepsis with multiple abscesses caused by staphylococcus warneri: a case report

Central European Journal of Medicine volume 8, pages 45–47 (2013)Cite this article

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Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus warneri is a rare cause of human disease, which as a rule manifests as an insidious and protracted infection of various prostheses and endovascular catheters. A case of Staphylococcus warneri sepsis with multiple abscesses in an immunocompetent patient free from the usual predisposing factors for coagulase-negative staphylococcal infection is presented. To our knowledge, this is the first case of sepsis with multiple abscesess caused by this bacterium reported in the literature.

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  1. Clinic for Infectious Diseases, Split University Hospital and Split University School of Medicine, Šoltanska 1, Split, 21000, Croatia

    Ivo Ivić & Mirela Pavičić-Ivelja

  2. Department of Clinical Microbiology and Parasitology, Split University Hospital and Split University School of Medicine, Spinčićeva 1, Split, 21000, Croatia

    Jakica Karanović

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Ivić, I., Karanović, J. & Pavičić-Ivelja, M. Sepsis with multiple abscesses caused by staphylococcus warneri: a case report. cent.eur.j.med 8, 45–47 (2013). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11536-012-0066-0

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Keywords

  • Abscess
  • Staphylococcus warneri
  • Sepsis