Staphylococcus aureus is a normal inhabitant of: March 2005: (A) Throat, (B) Nose, (C) Skin, (D) GIT
Answer is B. Ans. B: Nose Staphylococci are Gram-positive spherical bacteria. S. aureus colonizes mainly the nasal passages(especially anterior pares), but it may be found regularly in most other anatomical locales. S. epidermidis is an inhabitant of the skin.