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What are Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (CNS)?

April 26, 2017Articles CNS health care negative staphylococci

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What are Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (CNS)?

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Staph bacteria are denoted as coagulase negative, if they don’t coagulate during coagulase enzyme test. All staphylococci causing disease in human, (except Staphylococcus aureus), are coagulase negative and include: • Staphylococcus epidermidis (by far the most common CNS) • S. saprophyticus • S. lungudensis • S. haemolyticus • S. hominis • S. cohnii • S.