Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 1993 Dec;31(12):3320-2.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.31.12.3320-3322.1993.

Rapid method for presumptive identification of Corynebacterium jeikeium

C P Cartwright  1 , F Stock, P M Kruczak-Filipov, V J Gill
Affiliations

Rapid method for presumptive identification of Corynebacterium jeikeium

C P Cartwright et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1993 Dec.

Abstract

Corynebacterium jeikeium causes systemic infections, particularly in immunocompromised hosts. A minitube assay has been developed for the presumptive identification of C. jeikeium. With our rapid sucrose-urea test and conventional biochemical tests, sixty isolates of gram-positive, catalase-positive bacilli were identified in our laboratory. Results indicated that our assay has a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 90%.

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. J Gen Microbiol. 1969 Mar;55(3):433-43 - PubMed
    1. Rev Infect Dis. 1982 Nov-Dec;4(6):1220-35 - PubMed
    1. J Clin Microbiol. 1984 Feb;19(2):204-6 - PubMed
    1. J Clin Microbiol. 1984 Feb;19(2):245-7 - PubMed
    1. Clin Microbiol Rev. 1990 Jul;3(3):227-46 - PubMed

MeSH terms

LinkOut - more resources