. 2015 Jul 17;2(3):ofv110. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofv110

Table 1.

Summary of Staphylococcus intermedius Group Cases Reported in the Literature and in This Report

			Identification Method
Clinical Syndrome^a	Cases Reported	Animal Exposure^b	Biochemical Methods^c	Molecular Methods^d		References^e
Clinical Syndrome^a	Cases Reported	Animal Exposure^b	SIG	SI	PSIM	References^e
Skin and soft tissue	22	9 (3 animal bites)	13	4	5	This report and [1, 13, 20]
Bacteremia without endocarditis	3	3	3	0	0	This report and [1, 7]
Bone/joint infection	4	2	3	0	1	This report and [1]
Endocarditis	3	1	1	0	2	[1, 8]
Central nervous system	2	0	1	1	0	[1, 15]
Sinusitis/mastoiditis	2	2	2	0	0	[1]
Pneumonia	3	1	1	0	2	[1, 14]
Device related	2	1	1	0	1	This report and [1]

Abbreviations: MALDI-TOF, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight; SIG, Staphylococcus intermedius group; SI, Staphylococcus intermedius; PSIM, Staphylococcus pseudintermedius.

^a Most severe clinical syndrome reported (ie, patient with skin infection and bacteremia, reported as bacteremia and not skin and soft tissue).

^b History of animal exposure was not available in all reports.

^c Includes automated and manual systems.

^d Includes gene sequencing (rpoB, hsp60, 16s DNA) and MALDI-TOF.

^e Multiple cases per reference.