Staphylococcus intermedius

Staphylococcus intermedius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	"Firmicutes"
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Bacillales
Family:	Staphylococcaceae
Genus:	Staphylococcus
Species:	S. intermedius
Binomial name
	Staphylococcus intermedius; Hájek 1976
Synonyms
	Staphylococcus aureus var. canis Meyer 1966; Staphylococcus aureus biovar E Hájek and Marsálek 1971

Staphylococcus intermedius is a Gram-positive, catalase positive member of the bacterial genus Staphylococcus consisting of clustered cocci. Strains of this species were originally isolated from the anterior nares of pigeons, dogs, cats, mink, and horses. Many of the isolated strains show coagulase activity.^[2] Clinical tests for detection of methicillin-resistant S. aureus may produce false positives by detecting S. intermedius, as this species shares some phenotypic traits with methicillin-resistant S. aureus strains.^[3] It has been theorized that S. intermedius has previously been misidentified as S. aureus in human dog bite wound infections,^[4] which is why molecular technologies such as MALDI-TOF and PCR are preferred in modern veterinary clinical microbiology laboratories for their more accurate identifications over biochemical tests.^[5]^[6] S. intermedius is largely phenotypically indiscriminate from Staphylococcus pseudintermedius and Staphylococcus delphini, and therefore the three organisms are considered to be included in the more general 'Staphylococcus intermedius group'.^[7]

References[]

^ Page Staphylococcus on lpsn.dsmz.de
^ Hájek, V. (1 October 1976). "Staphylococcus intermedius, a New Species Isolated from Animals". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 26 (4): 401–408. doi:10.1099/00207713-26-4-401.
^ Pottumarthy, S; Schapiro, JM; Prentice, JL; Houze, YB; Swanzy, SR; Fang, FC; Cookson, BT (December 2004). "Clinical isolates of Staphylococcus intermedius masquerading as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 42 (12): 5881–4. doi:10.1128/JCM.42.12.5881-5884.2004. PMC 535261. PMID 15583331.
^ Talan, D. A.; Goldstein, E. J.; Staatz, D.; Overturf, G. D. (April 1989). "Staphylococcus intermedius: clinical presentation of a new human dog bite pathogen". Annals of Emergency Medicine. 18 (4): 410–413. doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(89)80582-7. ISSN 0196-0644. PMID 2705672.
^ Decristophoris, Paola; Fasola, Amy; Benagli, Cinzia; Tonolla, Mauro; Petrini, Orlando (2011-02-01). "Identification of Staphylococcus intermedius Group by MALDI-TOF MS". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. Special Issue - Applications of MALDI-TOF MS for the Identification and Typing of Microorganisms. 34 (1): 45–51. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2010.11.004. ISSN 0723-2020.
^ Sasaki, Takashi; Tsubakishita, Sae; Tanaka, Yoshikazu; Sakusabe, Arihito; Ohtsuka, Masayuki; Hirotaki, Shintaro; Kawakami, Tetsuji; Fukata, Tsuneo; Hiramatsu, Keiichi (2010-03-01). "Multiplex-PCR Method for Species Identification of Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 48 (3): 765–769. doi:10.1128/JCM.01232-09. ISSN 0095-1137. PMID 20053855.
^ Chanchaithong, Pattrarat; Prapasarakul, Nuvee (2011-08-01). "Biochemical markers and protein pattern analysis for canine coagulase-positive staphylococci and their distribution on dog skin". Journal of Microbiological Methods. 86 (2): 175–181. doi:10.1016/j.mimet.2011.04.019. ISSN 0167-7012.

External links[]

Type strain of Staphylococcus intermedius at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

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[1] Page Staphylococcus on lpsn.dsmz.de

[2] Hájek, V. (1 October 1976). "Staphylococcus intermedius, a New Species Isolated from Animals". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 26 (4): 401–408. doi:10.1099/00207713-26-4-401.

[3] Pottumarthy, S; Schapiro, JM; Prentice, JL; Houze, YB; Swanzy, SR; Fang, FC; Cookson, BT (December 2004). "Clinical isolates of Staphylococcus intermedius masquerading as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 42 (12): 5881–4. doi:10.1128/JCM.42.12.5881-5884.2004. PMC 535261. PMID 15583331.

[4] Talan, D. A.; Goldstein, E. J.; Staatz, D.; Overturf, G. D. (April 1989). "Staphylococcus intermedius: clinical presentation of a new human dog bite pathogen". Annals of Emergency Medicine. 18 (4): 410–413. doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(89)80582-7. ISSN 0196-0644. PMID 2705672.

[5] Decristophoris, Paola; Fasola, Amy; Benagli, Cinzia; Tonolla, Mauro; Petrini, Orlando (2011-02-01). "Identification of Staphylococcus intermedius Group by MALDI-TOF MS". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. Special Issue - Applications of MALDI-TOF MS for the Identification and Typing of Microorganisms. 34 (1): 45–51. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2010.11.004. ISSN 0723-2020.

[6] Sasaki, Takashi; Tsubakishita, Sae; Tanaka, Yoshikazu; Sakusabe, Arihito; Ohtsuka, Masayuki; Hirotaki, Shintaro; Kawakami, Tetsuji; Fukata, Tsuneo; Hiramatsu, Keiichi (2010-03-01). "Multiplex-PCR Method for Species Identification of Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 48 (3): 765–769. doi:10.1128/JCM.01232-09. ISSN 0095-1137. PMID 20053855.

[7] Chanchaithong, Pattrarat; Prapasarakul, Nuvee (2011-08-01). "Biochemical markers and protein pattern analysis for canine coagulase-positive staphylococci and their distribution on dog skin". Journal of Microbiological Methods. 86 (2): 175–181. doi:10.1016/j.mimet.2011.04.019. ISSN 0167-7012.

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