A woman in her 20s goes to her physician complaining of burning upon urination, frequency, and general malaise.Her physician does a urine culture, and it grows out 25,000 colony-forming units (CFU)/mL of a catalase-positive, coagulase-negative, novobiocin-resistant gram-positive cocci.What is the most likely pathogen?

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S.saprophyticus is a cause of urinary tract infections in young sexually active women.It is a catalase-positive, coagulase-negative, and novobiocin-resistant gram-positive cocci.

A Woman in Her 20s Goes to Her Physician Complaining