background and objectives: coagulase negative staphylococcus (cons) is frequently isolated from blood cultures but their significance is difficult to interpret. cons bacteria which are often previously dismissed as culture contaminants are attracting greater importance as true pathogens in the past decades. clinical evaluation of these isolates suggests that although there is a relative increas...

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The weird and wonderful variety of bugs that live in streams is more than cool—it a great scientific tool. mixture helps scientists understand water quality, which means whether the clean or dirty. Two kinds tools translate bug into measures stream health. One called multimetric index; other an observed-to-expected index. index “speaks bug” to us. It uses preferences for food habitat, tolerance...