Molecular Characterizations of the Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Species Causing Urinary Tract Infection in Tanzania: A Laboratory-Based Cross-Sectional Study.
Shukrani PhillipMartha F MushiArun Gonzales DecanoJeremiah SeniBlandina T MmbagaHappiness KumburuEveline T KonjeJoseph R MwangaBenson R KidenyaBetrand MsemwaStephen H GillespieAntonio Maldonado-BarragánAlison SandemanWilber SabitiMathew T G HoldenStephen E MshanaPublished in: Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
A genes were the predominant CoNS causing UTI in Tanzania. Laboratories should carefully interpret the significant bacteriuria due to CoNS in relation to UTI symptoms and pyuria before labeling them as contaminants. Follow-up studies to document the outcome of the treated patients is needed to add more evidence that CoNS are UTI pathogens.