title: Construction of a database to identify Staphylococcus species.
abstract: A database was constructed for the routine identification of Staphylococcus species, isolated from man. The method comprised 15 conventional characterisation tests using substrates incorporated into agar plates and a multipoint inoculation system. The database was constructed from results of 125 reference strains and 1567 clinical isolates. In an evaluation trial, using a probability profile index generated from the database, 529 of 559 (94.6%) further clinical isolates were identified to species level. A further 20 (3.6%) gave low discrimination between two species. The proposed scheme was rapid, reliable, and inexpensive.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Laboratory, Leicester Royal Infirmary.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Geary
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Sneath
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification