Title: Staphylococcus saprophyticus as a Common Cause of Urinary Tract Infections | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic
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as a Common Cause of Urinary Tract Infections

Staphylococcus saprophyticus as a Common Cause of Urinary Tract Infections
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Content: 31 May 1983
Revision received: 12 October 1983
Published: 01 May 1984
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Birgitta Hovelius, Per-Anders Mårdh, Staphylococcus saprophyticus as a Common Cause of Urinary Tract Infections, Reviews of Infectious Diseases, Volume 6, Issue 3, May 1984, Pages 328–337, https://doi.org/10.1093/clinids/6.3.328
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Abstract
Until the last decade, coagulase-negative staphylococci occurring in urine specimens were usually regarded as a contaminant. In the early 1970s,Le., more than ten years after the original demonstration of Staphylococcus saprophyticus in urine specimens, this species became recognized as a frequent cause of urinary tract infections (UTI). In young women, S. saprophyticus is, after Escherichia coli, the second-most-frequent causative agent of acute UTI. Patients with UTI caused by S. saprophyticus usually present with symptomatic cystitis. Signs and symptoms of renal involvement are also often registered. The urine sediment of a patient with UTI caused by S. saprophyticus has a characteristic appearance microscopically. Chemical screening methods for bacteriuria do not always succeed in diagnosing UTI caused by S. saprophyticus.