title: [Evaluation of a new latex agglutination test for identification of staphylococcus aureus].
abstract: 286 clinical isolates of staphylococci and 19 Micrococcus spp. were tested in a new latex agglutinating test to detect bound coagulase and protein A simultaneously. Coagulase-positive strains of staphylococci (n = 119) were all found to be latex-positive. Negative latex agglutination test results were obtained with 154 out of 167 coagulase-negative strains, the other 13 (7.8%) strains gave positive latex tests. Furthermore 3 out of 19 Micrococcus strains yielded positive agglutinating results. According to the results presented a negative latex test allows a rapid exclusion of S. aureus. A positive latex test requires the determination of further typical characteristics to differentiate among the staphylococcal isolates.
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D003030:Coagulase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006801:Humans; D007841:Latex Fixation Tests / Q000379:methods*; D008837:Micrococcus / Q000145:classification; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification*
chemical_list: D003030:Coagulase
vernacular_title: Beurteilung eines neuen Latex-Agglutinations-Tests zur Identifizierung von Staphylococcus aureus.