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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 1999, p. 3353-3356, Vol. 37, No. 10
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Case of Staphylococcus schleiferi Endocarditis and a Simple Scheme To Identify Clumping Factor-Positive Staphylococci

Michael J. Leung,1,* Nichalas Nuttall,2 Margaret Mazur,3 Tania L. Taddei,1 Michael McComish,3 and John W. Pearman1

Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases1 and Division of Internal Medicine,3 Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia 6000, and Division of Microbiology, Queensland Health Pathology and Scientific Services, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Herston 4029, and Gold Coast Hospital, Southport 4215, Queensland,2 Australia

Received 14 December 1998/Returned for modification 27 February 1999/Accepted 17 July 1999

Staphylococcus schleiferi is a coagulase-negative staphylococcus infrequently reported as a human pathogen. We report a case of prosthetic valve endocarditis attributed to this organism, contrast it to another Staphylococcus species that gives similar clumping factor results (S. lugdunensis), and propose a simple, effective identification scheme for identification of clumping factor-positive staphylococci.

* Corresponding author. Present address: Western Diagnostic Pathology, 74 McCoy St., Myaree, WA 6154, Australia. Phone: 61-8-9317 0959. Fax: 61-8-9317 1536. E-mail: michael.leung{at}hcoa.maynick.com.au.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 1999, p. 3353-3356, Vol. 37, No. 10
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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