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... > Bacteria > Endospore-Forming Bacteria > Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Bacteria > Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods > Staphylococcaceae > Staphylococcus > Staphylococcus capitis
... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Bacteria > Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods > Staphylococcaceae > Staphylococcus > Staphylococcus capitis
... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Rods > Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods > Staphylococcaceae > Staphylococcus > Staphylococcus capitis
... > Bacteria > Firmicutes > Bacillales > Staphylococcaceae > Staphylococcus > Staphylococcus capitis
... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Bacillales > Staphylococcaceae > Staphylococcus > Staphylococcus capitis
... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Cocci > Staphylococcaceae > Staphylococcus > Staphylococcus capitis

Preferred term

Staphylococcus capitis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Staphylococcus capitis subspecies capitis
  • Staphylococcus capitis subsp. urealyticus

Note

  • infection: coordinate with STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS

Scope note

  • A COAGULASE-negative species of STAPHYLOCOCCUS found on the skin and MUCOUS MEMBRANE of warm-blooded animals. Similar to STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS and STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS, it is a nosocomial pathogen in NICU settings. Subspecies include generally antibiotic susceptible and BIOFILM negative capitis and antibiotic resistant and biofilm positive urealyticus isolates.

History note

  • 2018

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000074039

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