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Nosocomial spread of a Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus strain causing sepsis in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Chaves F, García-Alvarez M, Sanz F, Alba C, Otero JR

Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre, Madrid, Spain. fchaves.hdoc@salud.madrid.org

From 2002 to 2003, 32 isolates of Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus (SHN) were recovered from 21 patients, 18 of whom were neonates, with 13 considered to have late-onset SHN sepsis. All isolates from neonates had an indistinguishable pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pattern. Our data support SHN as an important nosocomial pathogen in neonates.

Published 7 September 2005 in J Clin Microbiol, 43(9): 4877-9.
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