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Cervical adenitis caused by Staphylococcus epidermidis
1Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38101-0318.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|February 1, 1993
Abstract:
Staphylococcus epidermidis, a human commensal, is a common cause of bacteremia in immunocompromised patients with indwelling medical devices. We report a case of isolated cervical adenitis caused by S. epidermidis in an immunocompetent patient and comment on the presumed pathogenesis.