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ACHILLE STABILE, MD; MARIA ASSUNTA PESARESI, MD; VINCENZO CURRÒ, MD
Department of Pediatrics Catholic University of Rome L go A Gemelli 8 00100 Rome, Italy

Am J Dis Child. 1985;139(6):541-542.

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Sir.—We read with interest your editorial¹ on "Staphylococcus epidermidis Septicemia in Children: An Emerging and Difficult Problem" in JAMA and the article of Friedman and her colleagues² on "Staphylococcus epidermidis Septicemia in Children With Leukemia and Lymphoma," which appeared in AJDC.

Several reports have brought attention to coagulase-negative Stahylococcus bacteremias as a hazard to children with compromised host defenses³ and to critically ill newborns.⁴ Our data confirm that staphylococcal bacteremia in newborns, particularly in premature infants, should never be ignored.

Twenty-seven newborn babies cared for in our unit with positive blood cultures for coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (30%) (among 90 positive blood cultures) were identified in the last seven years.

Seven (25.9%) of the 27 infants were born at term; four were average for gestational age and three were small for gestational age, with a mean birth weight of 2,804 g. All of these neonates had clinical evidence and laboratory signs of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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