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. 1997 Feb;16(2):165-6.
doi: 10.1007/BF01709479.

Evaluation of a commercial test kit for rapid detection of Staphylococcus aureus in blood cultures

C Neyret  1 , H Lelièvre, G Lina, F Vandenesch, J Etienne
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Evaluation of a commercial test kit for rapid detection of Staphylococcus aureus in blood cultures

C Neyret et al. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1997 Feb.

Abstract

The presence of Staphylococcus aureus in positive blood cultures could be rapidly confirmed by the use of a commercial test kit (Rapidec Staph; bioMérieux, France) that detects coagulase in the culture broth after 2 h of incubation. This kit detected all 35 Staphylococcus aureus strains from 117 blood cultures with gram-positive cocci growing in clusters. 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 aureus in blood cultures.

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