Rapid Identification of Staphyloccocus aureus in Positive-Testing Blood Cultures by Slidex Staph Plus Agglutination Test
Author(s) -
J. J. Kerremans,
Wil H. F. Goessens,
Henri A. Verbrugh,
Martine De Vos
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.01923-07
Subject(s) - latex fixation test , staphylococcus aureus , microbiology and biotechnology , agglutination (biology) , medicine , direct agglutination test , blood culture , virology , biology , immunology , antibody , serology , bacteria , antibiotics , genetics
In two recent articles in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology , Qian et al. ([4][1]) and Lagace-Wiens et al. ([2][2]) describe a direct coagulase and a thermostable DNase test, respectively, for direct identification of Staphylococcus aureus from positive blood culture bottles.In a prospective
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