| The clinical presentation of systemic infection, particularly with coagulase negative staphylococci, can be insidious. |
| Cultures revealed coagulase-negative staphylococci and Staphylococcus aureus on pagers from all health care worker groups. |
| They concluded that staphylococci and enterococci can survive for extended periods of time on materials commonly worn by health care workers. |
| Gram positive organisms including the coagulase negative staphylococci and the viridans streptococci are the most commonly isolated. |
| The most common pathogens were coagulase negative staphylococci, escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus. |
| The only organisms isolated were diphtheroids, coagulase-negative staphylococci, and micrococci. |
