Five-hour novobiocin test for differentiation of coagulase-negative staphylococci.
A 5-h broth disk test, read visually for growth or no growth to determine resistance of coagulase-negative staphylococci to 1.6 micrograms of novobiocin per ml, was evaluated as a rapid test for the presumptive identification of Staphylococcus saprophyticus. The correlation with an overnight disk diffusion test was 100%.
D003030:Coagulase / Q000032:analysis; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009675:Novobiocin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D013997:Time Factors
D003030:Coagulase; D009675:Novobiocin