Bacterium
staphylococcus capitis
Subclass of:
Genus staphylococcus
Definitions related to staphylococcus capitis:
  • A COAGULASE-negative species of STAPHYLOCOCCUS found on the skin and MUCOUS MEMBRANE of warm-blooded animals. Similar to STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS and STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS, it is a nosocomial pathogen in NICU settings. Subspecies include generally antibiotic susceptible and BIOFILM negative capitis and antibiotic resistant and biofilm positive urealyticus isolates.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. This species is catalase positive, and negative for alkaline phosphatase, urease, oxidase and coagulase. It is able to ferment glucose, fructose, lactose, trehalose, glycerol, and mannitol, but not arabinose, sucrose, xylose, turanose, xylitol, rhamnose, or maltose. S. capitis is part of the human skin flora but is a pathogen that can cause pneumonia, urinary tract infection, catheter related bacteremia, cellulitis, and endocarditis.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Staphylococcus capitis.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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