Rapid method for presumptive identification of Corynebacterium jeikeium.
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%.
Cartwright
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Clinical Pathology Department, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
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Kruczak-Filipov
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Gill
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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
D013395:Sucrose; D014508:Urea