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: Much more needs to be learned about the epidemiology and natural history of UTI caused by S. saprophyticus as well as the role of S. saprophyticus in human and animal health and disease. A series of research questions are offered to address these issues. Coagulase-negative staphylococci were considered to be urinary contaminants prior to the 1960s. In 1962, Torres Pereira [ 1] reported the isolation of coagulase-negative staphylococci possessing antigen 51 from the urine of women with acute UTI. In subsequent years, additional reports supported this concept [ 2 ]. The organism was found to belong to micrococcus subgroup 3. It was later reclassified as S. saprophyticus. Urease production is another important characteristic, and renal and ureteral stones were found to be associated with S. saprophyticus infection [ 5 ]. Laboratory diagnosis. Laboratory identification of S. saprophyticus is made on the basis of resistance to novobiocin, the absence of hemolysin and coagulase, and intense pigment production.