Comparative performances of six agglutination kits assessed by using typical and atypical strains of Staphylococcus aureus.
AUTOR(ES)
Personne, P
RESUMO
Six commercial agglutination tests designed for the identification of Staphylococcus aureus were compared by using a strain collection which included 512 staphylococci representing 33 species (318 isolates of Staphylococcus aureus [including 144 oxacillin resistant], 46 S. epidermidis isolates, 15 S. haemolyticus isolates, 12 S. saprophyticus isolates, 29 S. schleiferi isolates, 30 S. lugdunensis isolates, and 62 other coagulase-negative staphylococci). This group also included a proportion of strains with unusual phenotypes (e.g., 19 coagulase-negative S. aureus isolates, 26 clumping factor-negative S. aureus isolates, and 4 S. aureus isolates each with a double deficiency). The overall sensitivity for identification of typical and atypical S. aureus was high with the Staphaurex Plus test (Murex Biotech) (99.7%), the Pastorex Staph Plus test (Sanofi Diagnostics Pasteur) (99.7%), and the Slidex Staph Plus test (bioMérieux) (100%). The overall rate of specificity was affected by the unusual inclusion in this study of a high proportion of non-S. aureus species, such as S. lugdunensis and S. schleiferi, which express a clumping factor and therefore produce a positive result with the agglutination tests.
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