title: Evaluation of a direct identification method for Staphylococcus aureus from blood culture broth.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio 43205.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Hamoudi
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Hribar
mesh_terms: D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007841:Latex Fixation Tests; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*