title: Rapid method for presumptive identification of Corynebacterium jeikeium.
abstract: Corynebacterium jeikeium causes systemic infections, particularly in immunocompromised hosts. A minitube assay has been developed for the presumptive identification of C. jeikeium. With our rapid sucrose-urea test and conventional biochemical tests, sixty isolates of gram-positive, catalase-positive bacilli were identified in our laboratory. Results indicated that our assay has a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 90%.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Pathology Department, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Cartwright
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stock
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Kruczak-Filipov
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Gill
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013395:Sucrose / Q000378:metabolism; D014508:Urea / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D013395:Sucrose; D014508:Urea