Staphylococcus capitis isolated from bloodstream infections: a nationwide 3-month survey in 38 neonatal intensive care units

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>To increase the knowledge about <jats:italic>S. capitis</jats:italic> in the neonatal setting, we conducted a nationwide 3-month survey in 38 neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) covering 56.6% of French NICU beds. We demonstrated 14.2% of <jats:italic>S. capitis</jats:italic> BSI (<jats:italic>S.cap</jats:italic>BSI) among nosocomial BSIs. <jats:italic>S.cap</jats:italic>BSI incidence rate was 0.59 per 1000 patient-days. A total of 55.0% of the <jats:italic>S.cap</jats:italic>BSIs were late onset catheter-related BSIs. The <jats:italic>S. capitis</jats:italic> strains infected preterm babies (median gestational age 26 weeks, median birth weight 855 g). They were resistant to methicillin and aminoglycosides and belonged to the NRCS-A clone. Evolution was favorable in all but one case, following vancomycin treatment.</jats:p>

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