| Some were injected with streptococci, some with staphylococci, and some with Clostridium septique. |
| Patients with blood cultures positive for coagulase-negative staphylococci or other common skin contaminants were not classified as bacteremic. |
| The only organisms isolated were diphtheroids, coagulase-negative staphylococci, and micrococci. |
| The clinical presentation of systemic infection, particularly with coagulase negative staphylococci, can be insidious. |
| Unlike staphylococci, which tend to cause localised infections such as abscesses, streptococci are essentially organisms that spread. |
| Cultures revealed coagulase-negative staphylococci and Staphylococcus aureus on pagers from all health care worker groups. |
