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

Staphylococcus saprophyticus as a Common Cause of Urinary Tract Infections
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Content: Even when such an infection occurs above the neck of the bladder, low numbers of colonyforming units (<10 5 cfu/ml) of S. saprophyticus are comparatively often found in the bladder and voided urine. S. saprophyticus is usually susceptible to antibiotics commonly prescribed for patients with UTI, with the exception of nalidixic acid. The bacterium has a capacity for selective adherence to human urothelium. It causes direct hemagglutination. The adhesin for S. saprophyticus is a lactosamine structure. This staphylococcal species produces an extracellular enzyme complex that can inhibit growth of both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. Topic: antibiotics
neck
urinary tract infections
adhesins, bacterial
bacteriuria
cystitis
gram-negative bacteria
gram-positive bacteria
gram-positive bacterial infections
gram-positive cocci
gram-positive rods
hemagglutination
multienzyme complexes
nalidixic acid
staphylococcus
urothelium
infections
bacteria
urinary bladder
kidney
urine
staphylococcus, coagulase negative
urinary sediment
escherichia coli
urinary tract infection, acute
staphylococcus saprophyticus
chemical analysis
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