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Abstract

Introduction:

Infections due to are cumbersome to treat and control. Virulent is commonly coagulase positive, whilst non‐virulent isolates are coagulase negative. Literature on coagulase‐negative variants of and their role in clinical disease in neonates is seldom available.

Case presentation:

We report a case of an extremely low‐birth‐weight pre‐term infant who had persistent recalcitrant infection with coagulase‐negative methicillin‐sensitive , which resulted in clinical sepsis, thrombocytopaenia and persistence in blood cultures for 7 weeks. The API STAPH‐Ident system (Bio‐Merieux) and 16S rRNA gene sequencing were used to confirm identity. Parallel use of blood culture yielded an isolate with the same phenotypic identity.

Conclusion:

Prompt identification of uncommon phenotypes of also requires the use of appropriate molecular diagnostics to necessitate timely treatment of life‐threatening systemic infections in neonates.

  • This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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