RESEARCH ARTICLE
A Rare Presentation of Sepsis from Staphylococcus caprae
Ganesh D Kini1, *, Addison R Parris2, Jane S Tang3
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2009Volume: 3
First Page: 67
Last Page: 68
Publisher ID: TOMICROJ-3-67
DOI: 10.2174/1874285800903010067
Article History:
Received Date: 31/3/2009Revision Received Date: 7/4/2009
Acceptance Date: 9/4/2009
Electronic publication date: 30/4/2009
Collection year: 2009

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Abstract
As a coagulase negative Staphylococcus species, S. caprae is not considered as a clinically-significant member, unlike S. epidermidis. In this report, we describe a case of sepsis resulting from S. caprae infection. This relatively young woman was in generally good health and contracted S. caprae most probably during her treatment of an acute pulmonary embolism. The purpose of this report is to raise awareness of this otherwise innocuous staphylococcal species in clinical settings.