We describe the case of a previously healthy 7-month-old male infant with urinary tract infection due to Staphylococcus epidermidis grown from two separate urine cultures.
Further evaluation showed severe bilateral vesicoureteral reflux. Physicians should not assume that S. epidermidis is always a contaminant in urine cultures.
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Upadhyayula S, Kambalapalli M, Asmar BI. Are you the author?
Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
Reference: Case Rep Infect Dis. 2012;2012:983153.
doi: 10.1155/2012/983153
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 22924140
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