Staphylococci in canine urolithiasis: species identification, using a commercially available tray micromethod.
Fifty-one coagulase-positive staphylococcal isolates from canine urinary calculi or from the urine of dogs with documented urolithiasis, and 17 coagulase-positive staphylococcal isolates from human beings and cattle were identified by a commercially available tray micromethod, as well as by conventional methods. Canine isolates had previously been classified as Staphylococcus aureus on the basis of a positive tube coagulase test. After 5 hours' incubation, the tray method identified all 51 canine urolithiasis isolates as S intermedius, rather than S aureus. All human and bovine isolates were identified as S aureus. Conventional methods supported these findings.
D000818:Animals; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002417:Cattle / Q000382:microbiology; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000096:biosynthesis; D013045:Species Specificity; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000378:metabolism; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*
D010860:Pigments, Biological