Staphylococcus argenteus
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Background
- Gram-positive coagulase-positive coccus
- Member of the Staphylococcus aureus complex that was renamed to its own species in 2015
- More readily identified following updates to MALDI-ToF databases
Clinical Manifestations
- Likely the same as Staphylococcus aureus
Management
- Should likely be the same as Staphylococcus aureus
References
- ^ K. Becker, F. Schaumburg, A. Kearns, A.R. Larsen, J.A. Lindsay, R.L. Skov, H. Westh. Implications of identifying the recently defined members of the Staphylococcus aureus complex S. argenteus and S. schweitzeri: a position paper of members of the ESCMID Study Group for Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Diseases (ESGS). Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 2019;25(9):1064-1070. doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2019.02.028.
