Staphylococcus caprae
| Staphylococcus caprae | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Bacillales |
| Family: | Staphylococcaceae |
| Genus: | Staphylococcus |
| Species: | S. caprae
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| Binomial name | |
| Staphylococcus caprae Devriese et al. 1983
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Staphylococcus caprae is a Gram-positive, coccus bacteria and a member of the genus Staphylococcus. S. caprae is coagulase-negative. It was originally isolated from goats (caprae means "of a goat"), but members of this species have also been isolated from human samples.
Clinical importance
[edit | edit source]Staphylococcus caprae occurs as a commensal on human skin, but has also been implicated in infections of the bloodstream, urinary tract, bones, and joints. Because S. caprae is difficult to identify definitively in the laboratory,[1] according to a study in 2014, the incidence of S. caprae in humans is under-reported.[2]
Literature and further reading
[edit | edit source]It is a coagulase-negative, DNase-positive member of the genus Staphylococcus. Usually it is associated with goats. Since 1991, a few laboratories reported that they had isolated the organism from human clinical specimens.[3] It is now an emerging microorganism in joint and bone infections in humans.[4]
Staphylococcus caprae was first described in 1983 by Devisee et al. based on a strain isolated from goat milk. It can sometimes cause mastitis in the goats, and it is considered a commensal organism for the goats’ skin and mammary glands. It has been reported as a pathogen for humans acquired at hospitals, mostly in bone and joint infections.[5] There have also been studies on S. caprae causing sepsis in clinical settings.[6]
References
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- ^ Human isolates of Staphylococcus caprae: association with bone and joint infections. in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology October 1997 vol. 35 no. 10 2537-2541 Free access icon
- ^ Characterization of Staphylococcus caprae Clinical Isolates Involved in Human Bone and Joint Infections, Compared with Goat Mastitis Isolates, Journal of Clinical Microbiology January 2016 vol. 54 no. 1 106-113 Free access icon
- ^ Characterization of Staphylococcus caprae Clinical Isolates Involved in Human Bone and Joint Infections, Compared with Goat Mastitis Isolates, Journal of Clinical Microbiology January 2016 vol. 54 no. 1 106-113 Free access icon
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External links
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