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Frequency of Staphylococcus intermedius as human nasopharyngeal flora
D A Talan1, D Staatz, A Staatz
1Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, Olive View/UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar 91342.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|October 1, 1989
Abstract:
Staphylococcus intermedius, a veterinary flora and pathogen, has recently been isolated from humans with infected dog bite wounds. The frequency of S. intermedius as a human nasopharyngeal flora was determined by culturing samples from 144 veterinary college staff members. This bacterium was isolated from only one individual (0.7%). It appears that S. intermedius is a true zoonotic opportunistic pathogen.