Over 18 h to positivity in the BacT/ALERT system with clustered Gram-positive cocci is highly predictive of coagulase-negative staphylococci.
Zimerman
Ricardo A
RA
Section of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Unit, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Machado
Denise P
DP
Constante
Caroline C
CC
Barth
Afonso L
AL
Goldani
Luciano Z
LZ
D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003030:Coagulase / Q000378:metabolism; D006095:Gram-Positive Cocci; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification
D003030:Coagulase