Chapter 45, Problem 1CA

An 8-year-old boy went to the pediatrician complaining of pain in his right hip. He had no previous injury to the hip or leg. His temperature was 38°C. A bone scan revealed damage to the head of the femur. Bacterial cultures of blood and fluid from the hip joint were positive for a gram-positive, catalase-positive, coagulase-positive coccus that ferments mannitol. Use Appendix H to identify the species of this bacterium.