ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2005
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus caprae in a neonatal intensive care unit.
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- Complete genome sequencing of three human clinical isolates of Staphylococcus caprae reveals virulence factors similar to those of S. epidermidis and S. capitis.BMC genomics · 2018Article
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- Coagulase-negative staphylococci: update on the molecular epidemiology and clinical presentation, with a focus on Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus saprophyticus.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2012Review
- Central line-associated bacteremia caused by drug-resistant Staphylococcus caprae after chemotherapy for acute myelogenous leukemia.International journal of hematology · 2010Article
- [Not Available].The open microbiology journal · 2009Article
- Report of a strain of Staphylococcus caprae with the genes for enterotoxin A and enterotoxin-like toxin type P.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2007Article
- Nosocomial spread of a Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus strain causing sepsis in a neonatal intensive care unit.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2005Article
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Abstract
Staphylococcus caprae, a hemolytic coagulase-negative staphylococcus that is infrequently associated with humans, was initially detected in specimens from six infants in our neonatal intensive care unit due to phenotypic characteristics common to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. These isolates were subsequently identified as S. caprae by the Automated RiboPrinter microbial characterization system. This prompted an 8-month retrospective investigation in our neonatal intensive care unit. S. caprae was the cause of 6 of 18 episodes of coagulase-negative staphylococcal bacteremia, was the most common coagulase-negative staphylococcus recovered from the nares of 6 of 32 infants surveyed in a methicillin-resistant S. aureus surveillance program, and was isolated from 1 of 37 health care providers' hands. Of 13 neonatal intensive care unit isolates tested, all were methicillin resistant and positive for the mecA gene. All 21 isolates were found to be a single strain by Automated RiboPrinter and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis with ApaI or SmaI digestion; ApaI was more discriminating in analyzing epidemiologically unrelated strains than Automated RiboPrinter or electrophoresis with SmaI. These findings extend the importance of S. caprae, emphasize its similarities to methicillin-resistant S. aureus, and demonstrate its ability to persist in an intensive care unit setting.
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