EVALUATION OF A COMMERCIAL TEST KIT FOR RAPID DETECTION OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS IN BLOOD CULTURES

Authors
NEYRET C LELIEVRE H LINA G VANDENESCH F ETIENNE J
Citation
C. Neyret et al., EVALUATION OF A COMMERCIAL TEST KIT FOR RAPID DETECTION OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS IN BLOOD CULTURES, European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases, 16(2), 1997, pp. 165-166
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
09349723
Volume
16
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
165 - 166
Database
ISI
SICI code
0934-9723(1997)16:2<165:EOACTK>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The presence of Staphylococcus aureus in positive blood cultures could be rapidly confirmed by the use of a commercial test kit (Rapidec Sta ph; bioMerieux, France) that detects coagulase in the culture broth af ter 2 h of incubation, This kit detected all 35 Staphylococcus aureus strains from 117 blood cultures with gram-positive cocci growing in cl usters. The sensitivity and the specificity of the technique were 100% and 98.8%, respectively. The Rapidec Staph kit appears to be a simple and reliable technique for the rapid detection of Staphylococcus aure us in blood cultures.