First Case of Pleural Empyema Caused by Staphylococcus simulans: Review of the Literature
First Case of Pleural Empyema Caused by Staphylococcus simulans: Review of the Literature
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Cairo, Egypt: Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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Cairo, Egypt: Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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Staphylococcus simulans is a coagulase-negative organism, mainly an animal pathogen. Reports of human infection have been infrequent, mainly in patients with repeated animal contact. We report the first case of pleural empyema in an elderly woman. S. simulans tends to cause more severe infection because of a biofilm layer which helps in adherence a...
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First Case of Pleural Empyema Caused by Staphylococcus simulans: Review of the Literature
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_2b197476f5e94fbdb1ca3dc6e474cfc3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_2b197476f5e94fbdb1ca3dc6e474cfc3
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2090-6625
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2090-6633
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10.1155/2018/7831284
