- Staphylococcus caprae
Taxobox
color = lightgrey
name = "Staphylococcus caprae"
regnum = Bacteria
phylum =Firmicutes
classis =Bacilli
ordo =Bacillales
familia =Staphylococcaceae
genus = "Staphylococcus "
species = "S. caprae"
binomial = "Staphylococcus caprae"
binomial_authority = Devriese "et al." 1983"Staphylococcus caprae" is a
Gram positive , spherical bacteria and a member of the genus "Staphylococcus ". "S. caprae" iscoagulase -negative. It was originally isolated from goats ("caprae" means "of a goat") but members of this species have also been isolated from human samples."S. caprae" occurs as a
commensal on human skin, but has also been implicated in infections of thebloodstream ,urinary tract , bones andjoints . Because "S. caprae" is difficult to identify definitively in the laboratory, [cite journal
author = Carretto E; Barbarini D; Couto I; De Vitis D; Marone P; Verhoef J; De Lencastre H; Brisse S.
title = Identification of coagulase-negative staphylococci other than "Staphylococcus epidermidis" by automated ribotyping.
journal = Clin Microbiol Infect.
year = 2005
volume = 11
issue = 3
pages = 177–184
url=
doi = 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.01052.x ] it is likely that it occurs more often than the medical literature suggests.References
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