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Staphylococcus gallinarum is a Gram positive, coagulase-negative member of the bacterial genus Staphylococcus consisting of single, paired, and clustered cocci. Strains of this species were first isolated from chickens and a pheasant. The cells contain cell walls with chemical similarity to those of Staphylococcus epidermis.[1] Since its initial discovery, S. gallinarum has also been found in the saliva of healthy human adults. [2]

S. gallinarum is not generally pathogenic, though it has been isolated from infected wounds of hospital patients,[3] from blood of a patient with a chronic hepatitis B infection, [4]and from an eye infection (endophthalmitis). [5]



References

  1. ^ DEVRIESE, L. A.; POUTREL, B., KILPPER-BALZ, R., SCHLEIFER, K. H. (1 July 1983). "Staphylococcus gallinarum and Staphylococcus caprae, Two New Species from Animals". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 33 (3): 480–486. doi:10.1099/00207713-33-3-480. 
  2. ^ Ohara-Nemoto, Y.; Haraga, H., Kimura, S., Nemoto, T. K. (1 January 2008). "Occurrence of staphylococci in the oral cavities of healthy adults and nasal oral trafficking of the bacteria". Journal of Medical Microbiology 57 (1): 95–99. doi:10.1099/jmm.0.47561-0. 
  3. ^ Kolawole, D. O.; Shittu, A. O. (1 February 1997). "Unusual recovery of animal staphylococci from septic wounds of hospital patients in Ile-Ife, Nigeria". Letters in Applied Microbiology 24 (2): 87–90. doi:10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00337.x. 
  4. ^ Yu, D; Chen, Y, Pan, Y, Li, H, McCormac, MA, Tang, YW (2008 Autumn). "Case report: Staphylococcus gallinarum bacteremia in a patient with chronic hepatitis B virus infection.". Annals of clinical and laboratory science 38 (4): 401–4. PMID 18988936. 
  5. ^ Tibra, N. K.; Jalali, S., Reddy, A. K., Narayanan, R., Agarwal, R. (12 November 2009). "Traumatic endophthalmitis caused by Staphylococcus gallinarum". Journal of Medical Microbiology 59 (3): 365–366. doi:10.1099/jmm.0.011551-0. 
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