Evaluation of a direct identification method for Staphylococcus aureus from blood culture broth.
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We evaluated the reliability of Staphaurex (Wellcome Diagnostics, Dartford, England) for the direct identification of staphylococci from blood culture broth with evidence of positivity and a suggestive Gram-stained smear. Our evaluation indicates that this application is of limited sensitivity, thus reducing the value of a negative test. However, since the test is highly specific, a positive test is significant in predicting the isolation of Staphylococcus aureus.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 26 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1988