Journal article
Identification of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus hominis from blood cultures by testing susceptibility to desferrioxamine
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Vol.12(2), pp.127-131
1993
Abstract
Testing susceptibility to desferrioxamine has recently been described as a method for the identification of Staphylococcus epidermidis. This method was compared to a commercial test and the tube coagulase test for the identification of staphylococci from blood cultures and other fluid specimens. A total of 216 isolates was tested over a 13-month period. Sensitivity of the desferrioxamine test in identifying isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus hominis was 97.3 %, while specificity was 91.8 %. When isolates displaying discrepant desferrioxamine results were characterized using recently described interpretive criteria, sensitivity and specificity of the desferrioxamine test improved to 100 %. The desferrioxamine test was reliable, inexpensive and simple to perform, and should prove useful in the diagnostic laboratory.
Details
- Title
- Identification of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus hominis from blood cultures by testing susceptibility to desferrioxamine
- Authors/Creators
- J.A. Lindsay (Author/Creator)M.A. Aravena-Román (Author/Creator)T.V. Riley (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Vol.12(2), pp.127-131
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag
- Identifiers
- 991005541358007891
- Copyright
- © 1993 Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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