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Validation of blood culture gram staining for the detection of Staphylococcus aureus by the ‘oozing sign’ surrounding clustered gram-positive cocci: a prospective observational study

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3412-2

Published Online: 2018-09-29

Published Print: 2018-12

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Hadano, Yoshiro http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6873-3791
Isoda, Miwako

Ishibashi, Kazushige

Kakuma, Tatsuyuki
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Received: 22 June 2018

Accepted: 24 September 2018

First Online: 29 September 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: This study was approved by the institutional review board of St. Mary’s Hospital (No. 17–0101). The requirement for obtaining written consent from study participants was waived by the IRB because of the observational nature of the study without any deviation from current medical practices.

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