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Staphylococcus caprae
Staphylococcus caprae is a Gram positive, coccus bacteria and a member of the genus Staphylococcus. S. caprae is coagulase-negative. It was originally isolated from goats ("caprae" means "of a goat") but members of this species have also been isolated from human samples.
Clinical importance
S. caprae occurs as a commensal on human skin, but has also been implicated in infections of the bloodstream, urinary tract, bones and joints. Because S. caprae is difficult to identify definitively in the laboratory,[1] it is likely that it occurs more often than the medical literature suggests.
References
- ^ Carretto E; Barbarini D; Couto I; De Vitis D; Marone P; Verhoef J; De Lencastre H; Brisse S. (2005). "Identification of coagulase-negative staphylococci other than Staphylococcus epidermidis by automated ribotyping.". Clin Microbiol Infect. 11 (3): 177–184. doi:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.01052.x. PMID 15715714.
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