Synonyms: Staphylococcus aureus

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Term information

hasDefinition

A common bacterial species found especially on nasal mucous membrane and skin (hair follicles); bacterial species that produces exotoxins including those that cause toxic shock syndrome, with resulting skin rash, and renal, hepatic, and central nervous system disease, and an enterotoxin associated with food poisoning; it causes furunculosis, cellulitis, pyemia, pneumonia, osteomyelitis, endocarditis, suppuration of wounds, other infections; also a cause of infection in burn patients; humans are the chief reservoir.

hasSynonym

[pathogen] Staph. aureus

importedFrom

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_1280

label

Staphylococcus aureus

uniqueIdentifier

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/3092008