title: Identification of oxacillin-susceptible and oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus using commercial latex agglutination tests.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35233, USA.
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Summers
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Brookings
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Waites
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D010406:Penicillins; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic