Novel selective medium for isolation of Staphylococcus lugdunensis from wound specimens

Pak-Leung Ho; Sammy Man-Him Leung; Herman Tse; Kin-Hung Chow; Vincent Chi-Chung Cheng; Tak-Lun Que

doi:10.1128/JCM.00706-14

Novel selective medium for isolation of Staphylococcus lugdunensis from wound specimens

J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Jul;52(7):2633-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00706-14. Epub 2014 Apr 23.

Authors

Pak-Leung Ho¹, Sammy Man-Him Leung², Herman Tse², Kin-Hung Chow², Vincent Chi-Chung Cheng², Tak-Lun Que³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology and Carol Yu Centre for Infection, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China [email protected].
² Department of Microbiology and Carol Yu Centre for Infection, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
³ Department of Clinical Pathology, Tuen Mun Hospital, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.

Abstract

We compared a novel selective Staphylococcus lugdunensis (SSL) medium with routine media (blood and chocolate agars) for the detection of S. lugdunensis in 990 clinical specimens (from tissue, pus, or wound swabs). Significantly more S. lugdunensis isolates were detected on SSL medium (34/990) than on routine medium (7/990) (P = 0.001, McNemar's test).

Publication types

Comparative Study
Evaluation Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bacteriological Techniques / methods*
Culture Media / chemistry*
Humans
Selection, Genetic
Sensitivity and Specificity
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
Staphylococcus lugdunensis / isolation & purification*
Wound Infection / diagnosis*
Wound Infection / microbiology

Substances

Culture Media