[Protein-A-hemagglutination test, a reliable method for rapid identification of S. aureus (author's transl)]

Zentralbl Bakteriol A. 1980;247(2):170-6.
[Article in German]

Abstract

369 staphylococcal strains isolated from clinical material were examined for tubeagglutination with sensitized sheep red cells in a standardized assay to study its reliability for routine identification of S. aureus. Colonies isolated from blood agar plates correlated in 99.5% with the (optimized) coagulase reaction. The test is easily to perform and results can be read after 2 hours, whereas the reference methods coagulase, hyaluronidase and deoxyribonuclease took as much as 24 h. The reliability of these tests is discussed.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Hemagglutination Tests*
  • Humans
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcal Protein A / analysis*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / classification*

Substances

  • Staphylococcal Protein A