Staphylococcus
Gram stain - Microscopy
What is the likely organism?
Staphylococcus
Important Species
Coagulase positive
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Human pathogen
Coagulase negative
• Staphylococcus epidermidis
• Normal flora, disease
under special
circumstances
• Staphylococcus
saprophyticus
• UTI in young females
What is the shape of the colony?
Grape like/ cluster like
Features
• Aerobic
• Facultative anaerobic
• Catalase positive
• Non motile
• Non sporulating
• Pigment – white, golden yellow
• Grow readily on standard lab. Media- blood agar
• Optochin resistant
Gram stain
Blood agar
Blood agar
Blood agar
Blood agar
Chocolate agar
MacConkey agar
Golden yellow colonies
What are the virulence factors?
Cell wall
• Peptidoglycan
• Teichoic acid
Cell surface
proteins
• Protein A
• Coagulase
Enzymes
• Hyaluronidase
• DNAse
• Haemoxylin
and leucocidin
• Catalase
• Lipase
Toxins
• Toxin shock
syndrome
• Enterotoxin
• Exofoliative
toxin
Infections
Invasive infections
Local
Disseminated
Toxin mediated infections
Toxic shock syndrome
Food poisoning
Scalded skin syndrome
Local infections
• Folliculitis
• Furuncle
• Carbuncle
• Abscess
• Impetigo
• Cellulitis
Folliculitis
Furuncle
Carbuncle
Abscess
Cellulitis
Impetigo – Bullous
Disseminated Infections
• Septicaemia
• Osteomyelitis – most common cause
• Meningitis
• Pneumonia
• Endocarditis
• Pyelonephritis
Toxin-mediated
• Toxic shock syndrome
• Food poisoning
• Scalded skin syndrome
Scalded Skin Syndrome
Toxic shock syndrome
Risk factors
• Viral upper respiratory tract infection (Influenza)
• Skin disease
• Neoplasia
• Diabetes
• Foreign body
• Liver disease
• Renal failure
• Trauma
• Broad spectrum antibiotic use
Antibiotics
1st line
• Cloxacillin
• Flucloxacillin / methicillin / nafcillin
• Erthromycin/ gentamicin/ cotrimazole
2nd line
• Fusidic acid/ rifampicin/ clindamycin
• Quinolones - ciprofloxacin
• Aminoglycosides – amikacin/ netimycin
• Vancomycin - MRSA
Thank
You

Staphylococcus