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J Clin Microbiol. 1982 February; 15(2): 275-277

Evaluation of the latex slide agglutination test for identification of Staphylococcus aureus.

B A Myrick and P D Ellner

ABSTRACT

This study evaluated the reliability of the latex slide agglutination test for identifying Staphylococcus aureus. A total of 806 clinical isolates of staphylococci were tested for latex agglutination, clumping factor, and free coagulase. Positive latex tests occurred in 98.3% of coagulase-positive strains, whereas 99.6% of coagulase-negative strains gave negative latex tests. It is concluded that in most instances, the latex slide agglutination test is a reliable method for identifying S. aureus in the clinical laboratory.

J Clin Microbiol. 1982 February; 15(2): 275-277






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