| Patients with blood cultures positive for coagulase-negative staphylococci or other common skin contaminants were not classified as bacteremic. |
| The clinical presentation of systemic infection, particularly with coagulase negative staphylococci, can be insidious. |
| Gram-negative streptococci and staphylococci can be distinguished by their characteristic appearance under high-powered magnification. |
| Other bacteria that commonly cause conjunctivitis include staphylococci, streptococci and haemophilus bacteria. |
| Some were injected with streptococci, some with staphylococci, and some with Clostridium septique. |
| They concluded that staphylococci and enterococci can survive for extended periods of time on materials commonly worn by health care workers. |
