RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Devastating coagulase-negative staphylococcal septicaemia in an extremely low birth weight infant JF BMJ Case Reports FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd SP bcr2012007407 DO 10.1136/bcr-2012-007407 VO 2012 A1 Sujeevan Indunil Samarasekara A1 David Booth A1 Paul Clarke YR 2012 UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2012/bcr-2012-007407.abstract AB In developed countries, coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are responsible for the majority of late-onset infections in very low birth weight infants undergoing neonatal intensive care. As a common skin commensal, they are often considered as mere contaminants of peripheral blood cultures or as relatively benign bacteria clinically. We present a case of invasive CoNS septicaemia in an extremely low birth weight infant which had devastating effects.