Staphylococcus caprae
{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}
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| genus = Staphylococcus
| species = caprae
| authority = 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
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,{{cite journal
|author1=Carretto E |author2=Barbarini D |author3=Couto I |author4=De Vitis D |author5=Marone P |author6=Verhoef J |author7=De Lencastre H |author8=Brisse S | title = Identification of coagulase-negative staphylococci other than Staphylococcus epidermidis by automated ribotyping.
| journal = Clin Microbiol Infect
| year = 2005
| volume = 11
| issue = 3
| pages = 177–184
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| doi = 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.01052.x
| pmid = 15715714 | doi-access=free }} {{open access}} according to a study in 2014, the incidence of S. caprae in humans is under-reported.{{cite journal| pmid=24975594 | doi=10.1111/1469-0691.12743 | volume=20 | issue=12 | title=Staphylococcus caprae bone and joint infections: a re-emerging infection? | journal=Clin Microbiol Infect | pages=O1052-8 | vauthors=Seng P, Barbe M, Pinelli PO, Gouriet F, Drancourt M, Minebois A, Cellier N, Lechiche C, Asencio G, Lavigne JP, Sotto A, Stein A| year=2014 | doi-access=free }} {{open access}}
Literature and further reading
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.[http://jcm.asm.org/content/35/10/2537 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}} It is now an emerging microorganism in joint and bone infections in humans.[http://jcm.asm.org/content/54/1/106.full 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}}
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.[http://jcm.asm.org/content/54/1/106.full 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}} There have also been studies on S. caprae causing sepsis in clinical settings.{{cite journal| pmc=2698425 | pmid=19543552 | doi=10.2174/1874285800903010067 | volume=3 | title=A Rare Presentation of Sepsis from Staphylococcus caprae | journal=Open Microbiol J | pages=67–8 | vauthors=Kini GD, Parris AR, Tang JS| year=2009 }} {{open access}}
References
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External links
- [http://bacdive.dsmz.de/index.php?search=14509&submit=Search Type strain of Staphylococcus caprae at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase]
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Category:Gram-positive bacteria
Category:Bacteria described in 1983
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