Title: Staphylococcus saprophyticus Urinary Tract Infection in Men:... : Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice
Headings: Staphylococcus saprophyticus
Urinary Tract Infection in Men: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Staphylococcus saprophyticus Urinary Tract Infection in Men: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
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Content: The blood cultures (2/2) were negative, but urine culture grew >10 5 colonies of S. saprophyticus with sensitivity pattern as shown in Table 1. Patient responded very well to treatment with resolution of symptoms within 24 hours. TABLE 1: Antimicrobial Susceptibility ofS. saprophyticus
DISCUSSION
Pereira described novobiocin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci from bacteriuric patients in 1962. 1 Mitchell identified these organisms from women with UTI and placed them in micrococci subgroup. 2 These were reclassified and renamed as Staphylococcus saprophyticus in 1974. 3 In 1970s, these were recognized as cause of uncomplicated UTI in women. 4 They are responsible for 7% to 30% of UTI in women, second only to Escherichia coli. Kauffman et al 5 cultured 9314 urine specimens from male patients and isolated coagulase-negative staphylococci from 143 specimens (121 patients). However, only 3 isolates (2 patients) grew S. saprophyticus.