An 8-year old kid went to the pediatrician complaining of pain in his right hip. He had no previous injury?

An 8-year old kid went to the pediatrician complaining of pain in his right hip. He had no previous injury?An 8-year old kid went to the pediatrician complaining of pain in his right hip. He had no previous injury to the leg or hip. His temperature was 38 degrees Celsius. 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 cocci that ferment mannitol. Identify the species of this bacterium.

Emmy
Gram positive cocci that are positive for catalase and coagulase indicates Staphylococcus.

The only mannitol fermenting Staph is Staph aureus. So, that's what it is.

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