Staphylococcus schleiferi: A New Opportunistic Pathogen

Identification of Staphylococcus spp. by PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism of gap Gene

“…Although Staphylococcus aureus is the most clinically significant, other coagulase-negative staphylococci are increasingly recognized as etiologic agents of infections in humans and animals (7,18,21,31,35).…”

Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics of 28 Patients with Staphylococcus schleiferi Infection

“…Since its first recognition, Staphylococcus schleiferi has been implicated in several kinds of human infections, with sporadic cases being reported in the medical literature [7,[14][15][16][17][18] 1993 to 1995 revealed another nine patients infected by Staphylococcus schleiferi. We did not report the isolates to the subspecies level, but they were considered to belong to the subspecies schleiferi since they were urease negative and tube coagulase negative (Staphylococcus schleiferi subsp.…”

First report of a left ventricular assist device infection caused by Staphylococcus schleiferi subspecies coagulans: a coagulase-positive organism

“…Various human cases have been described including wound infection, prosthetic infections, and bacteremia (Celard et al, 1997; Da Costa et al, 1998; Freney et al, 1988; Hernandez et al, 2001; Igimi et al, 1990; Kumar et al, 2007; Latorre et al, 1993; Vandenesch et al, 1994). A review of 28 cases in the literature in 2001, reported that all isolates were coagulase negative: 50% of cultures were from wound infections, 19.4% were found in blood cultures, 13.8% from catheter tips, 8.3% from ear exudates, and 5.5% from cerebrospinal fluid.…”