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This picture shows Staphylococcus epidermidis in nutrient agar.

Staphylococcus epidermidis

Morphology: colonies grey to white in colour, Gram positive cocci arranged in 'grapelike' clusters, non-hemolytic, coagulase negative, catalase positive

Route of transmission: fomites

Investigations: Gram stain and culture

Diseases:

Prosthetic valve endocarditis

Post Surgical Endophthalmitis

Septicemia

Treatment: Vancomycin

 

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