Coagulase-negative staphylococci and device infection
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A man with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt has persistent low-grade fever and a malfunctioning shunt. Two independently collected specimens from the shunt system grow the same gram-positive coccus in clusters. The isolate is catalase positive, tube-coagulase negative, and susceptible to novobiocin. Additional laboratory testing is pending.