RAPID METHOD FOR PRESUMPTIVE IDENTIFICATION OF CORYNEBACTERIUM-JEIKEIUM

Authors
CARTWRIGHT CP STOCK F KRUCZAKFILIPOV PM GILL VJ
Citation
Cp. Cartwright et al., RAPID METHOD FOR PRESUMPTIVE IDENTIFICATION OF CORYNEBACTERIUM-JEIKEIUM, Journal of clinical microbiology, 31(12), 1993, pp. 3320-3322
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
31
Issue
12
Year of publication
1993
Pages
3320 - 3322
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1993)31:12<3320:RMFPIO>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Corynebacterium jeikeium causes systemic infections, particularly in i mmunocompromised hosts. A minitube assay has been developed for the pr esumptive identification of C. jeikeium. With our rapid sucrose-urea t est and conventional biochemical tests, sixty isolates of gram-positiv e, catalase-positive bacilli were identified in our laboratory. Result s indicated that our assay has a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 90%.