Lec 6 Flashcards
Resides in the skin and mucous membrane of humans and animals
Staphylococcus epidermis
Colonies are smooth, circular and usually pale transparent white
Staphylococcus epidermis
Resistant to novobiocin and nalidixic acid
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
Common cause of UTI
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
Recovered from compromised patients, particularly drug users, as an agent of endocarditis and septicemia
Stomatococcus mucilaginosus
Drug of choice for Stomatococcus mucilaginosus
PCN
No acid in glycerol in the presence of erythromycin
Micrococcus
Selective and differential medium and is commonly used to isolate staphylococci from clinical specimen
Mannitol salt agar
Agent of dog bite infection
S. intermedius
Never been implicated as a human pathogen
S. hyicus
S. aurens pigment
Golden yellow
S. epidermis pigment
white
S. saprophyticus pigment
Lemon yellow
Majority are free living saprophytes
Micrococcus
Planococcus
Inhabits surface of primates and other mammals
Staphylococcus and Stomatococcus