Staphylococcus haemolyticus
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| Staphylococcus haemolyticus | ||||||||||||||
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| Staphylococcus haemolyticus Schleifer & Kloos 1975 |
Staphylococcus haemolyticus is a species of bacterium belonging to the genus Staphylococcus. It is a Gram positive coccus, coagulase negative, and catalase positive. Frequently found as a commensal organism on the skin of humans and animals, S. haemolyticus occurs infrequently as a cause of soft-tissue infections, usually in immunocompromised patients.[1]
S. haemolyticus is resistant to multiple antimicrobial agents.[1] Resistance to vancomycin has been recorded, and this is a cause for concern because such resistance could be acquired by other, more pathogenic staphylococci.[1]
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