Staphylococcus (redirected from Staphylococcus enterotoxin)

Staphylococcus /Staph·y·lo·coc·cus/ (-kok´us) a genus of gram-positive bacteria that are potential pathogens, causing local lesions and serious opportunistic infections; it includes S. au´reus, which causes serious suppurative infections and systemic disease and whose toxins cause food poisoning and toxic shock, S. epider´midis, which is commonly found on normal skin and includes many pathogenic strains, and S. saprophy´ticus, a usually nonpathogenic form that sometimes causes urinary tract infections.

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staphylococcus /staph·y·lo·coc·cus/ (-kok´us) pl. staphylococ´ci   any organism of the genus Staphylococcus. staphylococ´calstaphylococ´cic

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staph·y·lo·coc·cus (stf-l-kks)

n. pl. staph·y·lo·coc·ci (-kks, -kk)

A spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, usually occurring in clusters and causing boils, septicemia, and other infections.

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staphy·lo·coccal (-kkl), staphy·lo·coc·cic (-kksk, -kkk) adj.

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Staphylococcus

Any of several species of spherical bacteria that occur in groups of four or irregular clusters. Staphylococci frequently cause skin infections.

Mentioned in: Conjunctivitis, Lymphadenitis, Toxic Shock Syndrome

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Staphylococcus

a genus of spherical, gram-positive bacteria tending to occur in grapelike clusters; they are normal flora on the skin and in the upper respiratory tract and are the most common cause of localized suppurating infections. Pathogenic species are characterized by positive reactions to the coagulase test.

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Staphylococcus aureus

a common and important cause of disease in animals including bovine mastitis, tick pyemia (enzootic staphylococcosis), abscesses, dermatitis, furunculosis, meningitis, osteomyelitis, food poisoning, wound suppuration, and bumblefoot in poultry. S. aureus subsp. anaerobius causes lesions similar to caseous lymphadenitis in sheep.

Staphylococcus epidermidis

a common skin and mucosal inhabitant in humans and occasionally in animals living in association with humans.

Staphylococcus hyicus (Staphylococcus hyos)

causes exudative epidermitis and occasionally septic arthritis in pigs.

Staphylococcus intermedius

the major isolate from pyoderma and occasionally other pyogenic infections in dogs and cats and a rare cause of infection in other species.

Staphylococcus xylosus

a rare cause of mastitis in cattle.

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staphylococcus

pl. staphylococci [Gr.] any organism of the genus Staphylococcus.

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coagulase-positive staphylococcus

see coagulase test.