Staphylococcus aureus/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Staphylococcus aureus.

Facultatively anaerobic, Gram-positive pathogenic coccus capable of producing suppurative lesions, furunculosis, pyemia, osteomyelitis, food poisoning, and may be resistant to commonly used antibiotics.

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