Inoculation of Staphylococcus xylosus in SJL/J mice to determine pathogenicity.

An experimental study was performed to investigate whether intradermal tail inoculations of Staphylococcus xylosus would result in pathologic lesions in the SJL/J strain of mice (Mus musculus). This organism historically has been classified as a nonpathogenic, commensal bacterium associated with skin and mucous membranes and rarely implicated in infections. In this study, SJL/J mice inoculated with S.