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Want Information On Child's Staphylococcus Hominis Hominis Blood Stream Infection

I'm an Infection Prevention Nurse and a patient has asked for information on their child's Staphylococcus hominis hominis blood stream infection. I have not been able to find printable information on the subject from a good source (i.e. CDC). Any suggestions?
Tue, 10 Feb 2015
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Hello there
I am dr.milan answering your query, infectious disease specialist.
Stap.hominis hominis is a gram positive organis which is mostly found as oppurtunistic pathogen. It mostly cause septicemia or infection in patient with lowered immunity, so it is found as pathogenic organism in neonate and children. So it isolate from blood culture many a times. It should be treated according to its sensitivity pattern. And before that clinical corelation is required to reule out that it is not a coloniser. So here in
our case check for associated symptomes like fever, not taking feeding, thriving child
and symptoms rrlated to infection is present that it need to be treated. Otherwise it nee not to be treated.
Clinical corelation is more inportant while this type of organism is found in culture.
Hope i have given proper guidance to you.
Give us star rating according to your satisfactory level.
You can ask me for further queries.
Thanking you.
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Want Information On Child's Staphylococcus Hominis Hominis Blood Stream Infection

Hello there I am dr.milan answering your query, infectious disease specialist. Stap.hominis hominis is a gram positive organis which is mostly found as oppurtunistic pathogen. It mostly cause septicemia or infection in patient with lowered immunity, so it is found as pathogenic organism in neonate and children. So it isolate from blood culture many a times. It should be treated according to its sensitivity pattern. And before that clinical corelation is required to reule out that it is not a coloniser. So here in our case check for associated symptomes like fever, not taking feeding, thriving child and symptoms rrlated to infection is present that it need to be treated. Otherwise it nee not to be treated. Clinical corelation is more inportant while this type of organism is found in culture. Hope i have given proper guidance to you. Give us star rating according to your satisfactory level. You can ask me for further queries. Thanking you.