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Staphylococcus caprae colonization: hemolytic coagulase-negative staphylococci recovered from neonate nares surveillance cultures and health care provider hand cultures
| Species | No. of positive individuals
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Neonates (n = 32) | Health care providers (n = 37) | |
| S. caprae | 6 | 1 |
| S. capitis | 0 | 6 |
| S. epidermidis | 1 | 2 |
| S. haemolyticus | 1 | 1 |
| S. hominis | 2 | 1 |
| S. lugdunensis | 0 | 1 |
| S. warneri | 4 | 12 |
| Total | 14 | 24 |
