• Valentina Lozano, Gabriela Fernandez, Patricia L Spencer, Susan L Taylor, and Robert Hatch.
• From the Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, and the H. James Free Center for Primary Care Education and Innovation, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL (VL, GF, RH); and the Department of Family Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Converse County, Douglas, WY (PLS, SLT). vlozano@ufl.edu.
• J Am Board Fam Med. 2015 Jan 1; 28 (1): 151-3.

PurposeStaphylococcus epidermidis in urine cultures from previously healthy children is usually considered to be a contaminant. The goal of this study was to identify cases in which S. epidermidis was an infectious cause of urinary tract infection (UTI) in children.MethodsA literature search identified 7 cases, 6 of which were previously published and 1 which was unpublished, described herein.ResultsS. epidermidis was identified as the causative organism of UTIs in children with underlying urinary tract abnormalities.ConclusionUTIs caused by S. epidermidis in a previously healthy child should not be disregarded as a contaminant and further workup for urinary tract abnormality is indicated.© Copyright 2015 by the American Board of Family Medicine.

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