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. 1982 Sep;16(3):593–594. doi: 10.1128/jcm.16.3.593-594.1982

Acute Pyelonephritis Caused by Staphylococcus xylosus

Angelina D Tselenis-Kotsowilis 1, Maria P Koliomichalis 1, John T Papavassiliou 1
PMCID: PMC272423  PMID: 7130375

Abstract

Staphylococcus xylosus was recovered from the urine of a patient with pyelonephritis. Antibodies against the teichoic acid of the microorganism were demonstrated in the patient's serum by the agar gel diffusion technique.

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