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J Clin Microbiol. 1988 July; 26(7): 1404-1405

Evaluation of a direct identification method for Staphylococcus aureus from blood culture broth.

A C Hamoudi and M M Hribar

Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio 43205.

ABSTRACT

We evaluated the reliability of Staphaurex (Wellcome Diagnostics, Dartford, England) for the direct identification of staphylococci from blood culture broth with evidence of positivity and a suggestive Gram-stained smear. Our evaluation indicates that this application is of limited sensitivity, thus reducing the value of a negative test. However, since the test is highly specific, a positive test is significant in predicting the isolation of Staphylococcus aureus.

J Clin Microbiol. 1988 July; 26(7): 1404-1405




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