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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Staphylococcus aureus'' complex}}

* Complex of [[Stain::Gram-positive]] coagulase-[[Coagulase::positive]] [[Shape::coccus|Shape::cocci]]
* Includes:
** [[Staphylococcus aureus]]
** [[Staphylococcus argenteus]]
** [[Staphylococcus schweitzeri]]
* All members should likely be managed as [[Staphylococcus aureus]]<ref>Becker K, Schaumburg F, Kearns A, Larsen AR, Lindsay JA, Skov RL, Westh H. 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). Clin Microbiol Infect. 2019 Sep;25(9):1064-1070. doi: [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2019.02.028 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.02.028]. Epub 2019 Mar 11. PMID: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30872103/ 30872103].</ref>

[[Category:Gram-positive cocci]]