Staphylococcus haemolyticus

Taxobox
color = lightgrey
name = "Staphylococcus haemolyticus"
regnum = Bacteria
phylum = Firmicutes
classis = Bacilli
order = Bacillales
familia = Staphylococcaceae
genus = "Staphylococcus"
species = "S. haemolyticus"
binomial = "Staphylococcus haemolyticus"
binomial_authority = 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.cite book | author = Rolston KVI, Bodey GP. | title = Infections in Patients with Cancer. "In:" Cancer Medicine "(Kufe DW "et al", eds.)| edition = 6th ed. | publisher = BC Decker | year = 2003 | id = [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Search&db=books&doptcmdl=GenBookHL&term=Staphylococcus+haemolyticus+AND+358549%5Buid%5D&rid=cmed6.section.43615#43625 (via NCBI Bookshelf)] ISBN 0-9631172-1-1 ]

"S. haemolyticus" is resistant to multiple antimicrobial agents.cite journal | author=Froggatt JW, Johnston JL, Galetto DW, Archer GL | title=Antimicrobial resistance in nosocomial isolates of Staphylococcus haemolyticus | journal=Antimicrob Agents Chemother | year=1989 | pages=460–6 | volume=33 | issue=4 | pmid=2729941 [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=172460 fulltext] ] Resistance to vancomycin has been recorded, and this is a cause for concern because such resistance could be acquired by other, more pathogenic staphylococci.cite journal | author=Gemmell CG | title=Glycopeptide resistance in "Staphylococcus aureus": is it a real threat? | journal=J Infect Chemother | year=2004 | pages=69–75 | volume=10 | issue=2 | pmid=15160298 | doi=10.1007/s10156-004-0307-5 ]

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