Isolation and Characterization of Staphylococci from Human Skin II. Descriptions of Four New Species: Staphylococcus warneri, Staphylococcus capitis, Staphylococcus hominis, and Staphylococcus simulans

epidermidis, ATCC 15305 Staphylococcus saprophyticus, ATCC 35663 Staphylococcus xylosus, ATCC 27840 Staphylococcus capitis subsp. capitis, ATCC 43809 Staphylococcus lugdunensis, ATCC 29970 Staphylococcus haemolyticus, ATCC 27844 Staphylococcus hominis subsp. hominis, and ATCC 43300 methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). Clinical isolates

Additional Penicillin-Binding Protein in Methicillin- Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus haemolyticus, Staphylococcus hominis, and Staphylococcus simulans with a Low Affinity for Methicillin, Cephalothin, and Cefamandole

The presence of an additional penicillin-binding protein (PBP) was demonstrated in methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis, S. haemolyticus, S. hominis, and S. simulans. In these four species, the apparent molecular mass of this protein was analogous to that of PBP 2' of methicillin-resistant S. aureus SR 1550-9. It exhibited a low affinity for methicillin, cephalothin, and ...

Characterization of hemolysins of Staphylococcus strains isolated from human and bovine, southern Iran

The staphylococci are important pathogenic bacteria causing various infections in animals and human. Hemolysin is one of the virulence factors of coagulase-positive (CPS) and coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS). The aims of the study were to characterize hemolysins of Staphylococcus spp. isolated from human and bovine origin, phenotypic- and genotypically. Characterization of hemolysin pheno...

Microbiological and Molecular Characterization of Staphylococcus hominis Isolates from Blood

BACKGROUND Among Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci (CoNS), Staphylococcus hominis represents the third most common organism recoverable from the blood of immunocompromised patients. The aim of this study was to characterize biofilm formation, antibiotic resistance, define the SCCmec (Staphylococcal Chromosomal Cassette mec) type, and genetic relatedness of clinical S. hominis isolates. METHODO...

Molecular and Phenotypic Characteristics of Staphylococcus Hominis Isolates From Pediatric Infections

Background: Staphylococcus hominis has been recently emerged as an opportunistic hospital-associated pathogen. The aim of this study was to characterize the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern, biofilm formation, and staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) types among clinical isolates of S. hominis obtained from pediatric infections. Methods: Totall...