EVALUATION OF NEW AGGLUTINATION-TEST FOR IDENTIFICATION OF OXACILLIN-SUSCEPTIBLE AND OXACILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS

Authors
TVETEN Y
Citation
Y. Tveten, EVALUATION OF NEW AGGLUTINATION-TEST FOR IDENTIFICATION OF OXACILLIN-SUSCEPTIBLE AND OXACILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS, Journal of clinical microbiology, 33(5), 1995, pp. 1333-1334
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
33
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1333 - 1334
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1995)33:5<1333:EONAFI>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A new agglutination test (Monostaph +; Bionor, Skien, Norway) has been developed. This new agglutination test has been compared with two oth er agglutination tests for the identification of 128 isolates of Staph ylococcus aureus and 82 coagulase negative staphylococci. The sensitiv ities of both Monostaph + and Pastorex Staph-Plus were excellent (98.7 and 97.4%, respectively) in detection of oxacillin-resistant Staphylo coccus aureus. The specificity was 96.4% (two Staphylococcus epidermid is isolates and one Staphylococcus hominis isolate were false positive ).