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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2004

Specific identification of Staphylococcus aureus by Staphychrom II, a rapid chromogenic staphylocoagulase test.

Nathalie Fonsale, Michèle Bes, Isabelle Verdier, Anne Carricajo, Christine Ploton, Gérald Aubert, Jerome Etienne, François Vandenesch, Anne Marie Freydiere

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Nathalie FonsaleHôpital de Bellevue, F-42055 Saint Etienne, France.
Michèle Bes
Isabelle Verdier
Anne Carricajo
Christine Ploton
Gérald Aubert
Jerome Etienne
François Vandenesch
Anne Marie Freydiere
Bellevue Hospital Center · USHôpital Debrousse · FRHospices Civils de Lyon · FRInserm · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We compared the performance of Staphychrom II (International Microbio, Signes, France), a rapid (2-h) chromogenic staphylocoagulase test that uses human prothrombin and protease inhibitors, with those of the reference tube coagulase test (TCT) and the latex agglutination test (LAT) Slidex Staph Plus for the rapid identification of S. aureus. Prospective evaluation with 293 fresh clinical isolates yielded sensitivities, specificities, and predictive and negative predictive values of 98.1, 100, 100, and 95.1%, respectively, for the Staphychrom II test; 98.6, 98.7, 99.6, and 96.3%, respectively, for LAT; and 97.6, 98.7, 99.5, and 93.9%, respectively, for TCT. The perfect specificity of the Staphychrom II test was confirmed by testing 193 collection strains selected because of their potential testing pitfalls. The Staphychrom II test was positive for 90% of the 215 S. aureus strains tested after only 1 h of incubation. The Staphychrom II test was as sensitive as the reference TCT and was 100% specific.

Indexed as

Bacteriological TechniquesChromogenic CompoundsCoagulaseHumansLatex Fixation TestsPredictive Value of TestsProspective StudiesRetrospective StudiesSensitivity and SpecificityStaphylococcal InfectionsStaphylococcus aureusChromogenic CompoundsCoagulase

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PMID15131155
PMCPMC404652
OpenAlexW2136627385

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