Title: Who Are You—Staphylococcus saprophyticus? | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic
Headings: Who Are You—
Staphylococcus saprophyticus?

Who Are You— Staphylococcus saprophyticus?
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Content: Approximately 65% of strains are yellow, and 35% are white [ 3 ]. Testing of novobiocin susceptibility is reported to be 100% sensitive and 96% specific [ 4 ]. This provides a simple and reliable screening method to differentiate the presence of S. saprophyticus from the presence of other coagulase-negative staphylococci, but further tests are recommended for final identification. Epidemiology. S. saprophyticus is second only to E. coli as the most frequent causative organism of uncomplicated UTI in women. The more severe complications include acute pyelonephritis [ 6 ], septicemia [ 7 ], nephrolithiasis [ 5 ], and endocarditis [ 8 ]. The vast majority of infections occur in young sexually active women. Wallmark et al. [ 9] isolated S. saprophyticus from the urine of 173 of 787 (22%) consecutive female patients found to have bacteriuria. The highest rate of S. saprophyticus infection was 42.3%, among women aged 16–25 years included in the study.