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Staphylococcus aureus strains which are not identified by rapid agglutination methods are of capsular serotype 5.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 27 ·No. 6 ·1989-06-00 ·Pages 1372-4

Fournier JM, Boutonnier A, Bouvet A

Abstract

A total of 183 recent Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates were tested with three commercially available rapid agglutination methods. The capsular polysaccharide type and resistance to oxacillin of these isolates were also determined. Seven isolates were not identified correctly by agglutination methods. All isolates not identified by the rapid methods were of capsular serotype 5, and of these isolates, six were resistant to oxacillin. The results suggest that these agglutination kits can be improved by the use of antibodies reactive with S. aureus capsular polysaccharide.

MeSH Terms
Agglutination Tests Bacterial Capsules Hemagglutination Tests Latex Fixation Tests Microbial Sensitivity Tests Oxacillin/pharmacology Penicillin Resistance Polysaccharides, Bacterial/analysis,immunology Reagent Kits, Diagnostic Serotyping Staphylococcus aureus/classification,drug effects,immunology,isolation & purification
Chemicals
Polysaccharides, Bacterial Reagent Kits, Diagnostic capsular polysaccharide, type 5, Staphylococcus aureus Oxacillin
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Fournier J M
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Boutonnier A
Bouvet A
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of clinical microbiology
Abbr.
J Clin Microbiol
ISSN
0095-1137
DOI
10.1128/jcm.27.6.1372-1374.1989
Published
1989-06-00
Pages
1372-4
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505564
PMCID
PMC267559
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jcm.27.6.1372-1374.1989 PMC Full Text View journal details
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