Identification of oxacillin-susceptible and oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus using commercial latex agglutination tests.
Four hundred thirteen Staphylococcus sp. were identified by Staphaurex, Staphaurex Plus, and BACTiStaph kits using tube coagulase as reference. Among 222 coagulase-positive isolates, 56 were oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. All tests were accurate in distinguishing between coagulase-positive and -negative staphylococci with sensitivities and specificities > or = 97% and only nine discrepancies.
Summers
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Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35233, USA.
Brookings
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Waites
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D000372:Agglutination Tests / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D008835:Micrococcaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D010406:Penicillins; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D010406:Penicillins; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic