Spectrum: Local Antimicrobial Stewardship, for Chapman University School of Pharmacy

Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA)

Precautions

Standard Precautions
Standard Precautions

Susceptibilities

Susceptibilities

Antibiogram Data

General Information

Pathogen information

Pathogen information

Gram (+) cocci in clusters

  • Catalase (+)

  • Coagulase (+)

Epidemiology

Epidemiology

  • Colonizes nares & skin

  • Normal flora - skin

Associated syndromes

Associated syndromes

  • SSTI

  • Osteomyelitis

  • Endocarditis

  • Myositis

  • Pneumonia

  • Prosthetic device infections