Case of Staphylococcus schleiferi endocarditis and a simple scheme to identify clumping factor-positive staphylococci.
Staphylococcus schleiferi is a coagulase-negative staphylococcus infrequently reported as a human pathogen. We report a case of prosthetic valve endocarditis attributed to this organism, contrast it to another Staphylococcus species that gives similar clumping factor results (S. lugdunensis), and propose a simple, effective identification scheme for identification of clumping factor-positive staphylococci.
Leung
M J
MJ
Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia. michael.leung@hcoa.maynick.com.au
Nuttall
N
N
Mazur
M
M
Taddei
T L
TL
McComish
M
M
Pearman
J W
JW
D000368:Aged; D003030:Coagulase / Q000032:analysis*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D003030:Coagulase