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Phage typing of coagulase‐negative staphylococci
Author(s) -
Boussard P.,
Pithsy A.,
Devleeschouwer M. J.,
Dony J.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.622
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1365-2710
pISSN - 0269-4727
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2710.1992.tb01286.x
Subject(s) - phage typing , microbiology and biotechnology , coagulase , biology , staphylococcus saprophyticus , typing , micrococcaceae , staphylococcus , bacteriophage , bacteria , staphylococcus aureus , genetics , escherichia coli , antibacterial agent , gene , antibiotics
SUMMARY Seventy‐nine staphylococcal strains isolated from blood cultures (57 coagulase‐negative staphylococci (CNS) and 22 S. aureus ) and 308 CNS isolated from the skin of healthy donors were phage typed. S. epidermidis and S. capitis were readily typed with 91 strains out of 124 and 24 strains out of 43 strains being successful. Species such as S. haemolyticus, S. hominis and S. simulans could be moderately phage typed. Others gave only a few strains capable of being typed, such as S. saprophyticus and S. sciuri . Under our experimental conditions the S. warneri, S. xylosus and S. cohnii could not be typed with our set of phages.