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Shehata MMK, Radwan SM, Ali SAM. Effects of gamma-irradiation on antibiotic resistance and diagnostic molecular markers of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Egyptian cancer patients. Int J Radiat Biol 2019; 95:1728-1743. [PMID: 31502912 DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2019.1664785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Purpose: This in-vitro study aimed to assess in 120 [40 community-acquired (CA-MRSA) & 80 hospital-acquired (HA-MRSA)] isolates from cancer patients whether the transmissible staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) typing, and the Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) virulence genes detection could be employed as tools for molecular diagnostic purposes to distinguish both methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) categories in radiotherapy treated cancer patients.Materials and methods: SCCmec typing was determined by the combination of the type of the cassette chromosome recombinase genes (ccr) gene complex and the class of the methicillin resistance (mec) gene complex. Besides, a rapid slide latex agglutination test (LAT) and antibiotic resistance spectrum determination before and after irradiation were performed.Results: In the strict sense, with the effect of irradiation; the presence of SCCmec subtypes IVa (22.5% vs. 10.0%), b (47.5% vs. 25.0%), & d (7.5 vs. 2.5%) or type V (15.0% vs. 7.5%) genetic elements and PVL genes (p < .001) were not proved as a signature for CA-MRSA. While, the larger SCCmec types II, and III elements were not detected in 14, and 19 from the 38, and 36 typed HA-MRSA isolates (p < .001), respectively. Remarkable effects on class A & class B mec gene complex and type2, type 3 & type 5 ccr gene complex and an increase in agglutination reaction strength in response to gamma irradiation external stimulus were observed.Conclusions: Different heterogeneous genetic composition with upregulation mecA gene expression was detected after irradiation in the HA- MRSA studied population. CA-MRSA showed remarkable ability to acquire multi-antibiotic resistance after irradiation and propose a novel paradigm for future chemotherapy against the multi-resistant pathogens whose proliferation especially among immunocompromised cancer patients is on the increase.
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- Mona M K Shehata
- Drug Radiation Research Department, National Center for Radiation Research and Technology, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt
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- Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menufia University, Al Minufiyah, Egypt
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Ma Y, Wang T. Identification and Validation of Soy Peptides with In‐vitro Hemagglutination Activity. J AM OIL CHEM SOC 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s11746-010-1725-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Yating Ma
- Department of Food Science and Human NutritionIowa State University2312 Food Sciences BuildingAmesIA50011‐1061USA
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- Department of Food Science and Human NutritionIowa State University2312 Food Sciences BuildingAmesIA50011‐1061USA
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Ma Y, Wang T. Deactivation of soybean agglutinin by enzymatic and other physical treatments. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2010; 58:11413-9. [PMID: 20949944 DOI: 10.1021/jf1017466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The main objective of this study was to eliminate the hemagglutination activity of an antinutritional factor in soybeans, soybean agglutinin (SBA). A series of experiments was designed to enzymatically modify SBA structure and to use other physical treatments to reduce activity. SBA extract was prepared from soy flour and used as the substrate for all treatments. Deglycosylation by enzyme decreased activity of SBA by 21%, but not to the level of denaturation by heat or by denaturing reagents (47-77% residual activity). Single enzymes, such as trypsin, chymotrypsin, thermolysin, and endoproteinase Glu-C, did not hydrolyze native SBA, but they hydrolyzed heat- or organic solute-denatured SBA. Even after hydrolysis, SBA still had 44-62% residual activity. Combinations of enzymes with thermolysin fully deactivated heat- or guanidine hydrochloride- and urea-treated SBA. Pepsin and pancreatin hydrolysis fully deactivated not only heated but also native SBA. Tea polyphenols, metal ions, and chelating agents were also tested, and they showed no significant effect on SBA activity. N-Acetylgalactosamine-agarose beads specifically but not fully removed SBA from the soy protein mixture. In general, SBA needs to be denatured first for an effective enzymatic hydrolysis, and multiple enzymes are needed to fully deactivate SBA. Pepsin and pancreatin treatment showed great promise in fully reducing SBA activity, and it would be further tested using soy flour as a model system.
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- Yating Ma
- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-1061, United States
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Walker CWB, Brown DFJ. Identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by latex agglutination kits: performance with epidemic strains (EMRSA) and strains causing problems with latex agglutination methods. Clin Microbiol Infect 1999; 5:53-56. [PMID: 11856215 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1999.tb00100.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Colin W. B. Walker
- Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, Box 236, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QW, UK
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ERRATUM. INT J DAIRY TECHNOL 1996. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0307.1996.tb02504.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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CHARTERIS WILLIAMP. Microbiological quality assurance of edible table spreads in new product development. INT J DAIRY TECHNOL 1996. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0307.1996.tb02498.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Tveten Y. Evaluation of new agglutination test for identification of oxacillin-susceptible and oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Clin Microbiol 1995; 33:1333-4. [PMID: 7615750 PMCID: PMC228156 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.33.5.1333-1334.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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A new agglutination test (Monostaph +; Bionor, Skien, Norway) has been developed. This new agglutination test has been compared with two other agglutination tests for the identification of 128 isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and 82 coagulase-negative staphylococci. The sensitivities of both Monostaph + and Pastorex Staph-Plus were excellent (98.7 and 97.4%, respectively) in detection of oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The specificity was 96.4% (two Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates and one Staphylococcus hominis isolate were false positive).
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- Y Tveten
- Department of Microbiology, Telemark Biomedical Centre, Skien, Norway
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Janda WM, Ristow K, Novak D. Evaluation of RapiDEC Staph for identification of Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, and Staphylococcus saprophyticus. J Clin Microbiol 1994; 32:2056-9. [PMID: 7814525 PMCID: PMC263941 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.32.9.2056-2059.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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RapiDEC Staph is a test for presumptive identification of the principal human staphylococcal species, Staphylococcus aureus, S. epidermidis, and S. saprophyticus. The test includes control and test cupules for fluorogenic detection of coagulase and chromogenic substrates for alkaline phosphatase and beta-galactosidase. These tests identify S. aureus, S. epidermidis, and S. saprophyticus, respectively. Positive results with both chromogenic substrates provide a presumptive identification of S. xylosus or S. intermedius (S. xylosus-S. intermedius). Test cupules are inoculated with an organism suspension, and reactions are read after a 2-h incubation. RapiDEC-Staph was evaluated with 303 clinical and stock staphylococcal strains. Identifications were compared with those obtained by the tube coagulase test, a latex slide coagulase test (StaphAUREX), another commercial identification system (Staph-TRAC), and additional conventional tests. RapiDEC-Staph correctly identified 100% of 130 S. aureus strains, 70.3% of 74 S. epidermidis strains, and 81.3% of 32 S. saprophyticus strains. Four of five S. xylosus isolates were called S. xylosus-S. intermedius. Unidentified S. epidermidis and S. saprophyticus strains were called "Staphylococcus spp." Among the 62 other coagulase-negative staphylococci, 4 were misidentified as S. epidermidis and 7 were misidentified as S. saprophyticus. While the sensitivity and specificity of the fluorogenic coagulase test for S. aureus were 100%, failure to detect alkaline phosphatase activity in several S. epidermidis isolates resulted in fewer correct identifications by the RapiDEC-Staph test for this species.
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- W M Janda
- Department of Pathology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago
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Wanger AR, Morris SL, Ericsson C, Singh KV, LaRocco MT. Latex agglutination-negative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus recovered from neonates: epidemiologic features and comparison of typing methods. J Clin Microbiol 1992; 30:2583-8. [PMID: 1400957 PMCID: PMC270482 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.30.10.2583-2588.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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An unusual strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was repeatedly isolated from infants in a newborn special care unit (NBSC) and a newborn intensive care unit. Between January 1989 and March 1990, approximately 100 isolates from infected or colonized infants were recovered. Surveillance cultures taken during this time revealed a 20% colonization rate, which was defined as recovery of MRSA from the nares, umbilicus, or groin. Isolates were identified as S. aureus by tube coagulase reactivity and heat-stable nuclease production but were unreactive in a latex agglutination assay. Representative isolates that were collected during the outbreak and that were found to share the latex agglutination assay-negative phenotype were compared by antibiogram (12 isolates), bacteriophage typing (20 isolates), capsular polysaccharide typing (30 isolates), and plasmid as well as chromosomal DNA analyses (20 isolates). All isolates known to be associated with the outbreak had nearly identical antibiograms and were notably susceptible to clindamycin. Staphylococcal bacteriophage typing was not useful in determining the relatedness of the isolates, since the majority were nontypeable. Plasmid pattern analysis revealed one large plasmid (approximately 100 kb) of equivalent size among the isolates. Capsular polysaccharide typing revealed that 14 of 30 isolates tested were type 5. Isolates identified in children at two other hospitals in the city which were also unreactive by the latex agglutination assay and clindamycin susceptible had plasmid and antibiogram patterns identical to those of isolates from the NBSC. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of restriction enzyme-digested genomic DNAs from the outbreak isolates demonstrated identical patterns which could be clearly differentiated from those of other unrelated MRSA. The strain from the NBSC is, therefore, unique and underscores the need for caution in interpreting the latex agglutination reactivities of MRSA isolates.
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- A R Wanger
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas Medical School, Houston 77025
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CHANG TSUNGC, DING STEVENH. RAPID DETECTION of STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN FOOD BY FLOW CYTOMETRY. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4581.1992.tb00077.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mathieu D, Picard V. Comparative evaluation of five agglutination techniques and a new miniaturized system for rapid identification of methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus. ZENTRALBLATT FUR BAKTERIOLOGIE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 1991; 276:46-53. [PMID: 1789900 DOI: 10.1016/s0934-8840(11)80217-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The speciation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) poses a significant diagnostic problem when rapid identification methods such as slide agglutination tests, are used, because of the high proportion of false-negative reactions. 150 perfectly identified MRSA strains were tested on 5 commonly used agglutination reagents ("Bacto staph latex test", "Monostaph", "Pastorex staph", "Staphaurex", and "Staphyslide test") in comparison with a new micromethod ("RAPIDEC staph") which detects a type of staphylocoagulase within 2 hours by a fluorescence test. The "RAPIDEC staph" reagent enabled identification of all the MRSA while the agglutination tests gave poorer results: "Monostaph" correctly identified 64.6% of strains, "Staphyslide", 59.3%, "Bacto staph latex test", 44.6%, "Pastorex staph", 38.6% and "Staphaurex", 28.6%. These results show that agglutination slide tests are not reliable enough for the identification of MRSA which are more and more encountered in hospital wards. The authors recommend not to use slide agglutination methods. They suggest the tube test for coagulase which is the reference technique, although it is time-consuming and not well standardized. The results of this evaluation encourage the use of the "RAPIDEC staph" reagent since it is an easy-to-use, reliable technique for the rapid identification of Staphylococcus aureus.
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- D Mathieu
- Service de Microbiologie, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France
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Fournier JM, Boutonnier A, Bouvet A. Staphylococcus aureus strains which are not identified by rapid agglutination methods are of capsular serotype 5. J Clin Microbiol 1989; 27:1372-4. [PMID: 2754004 PMCID: PMC267559 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.27.6.1372-1374.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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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.
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Stevens M, Geary C. Comparative evaluation of a latex test for the identification of Staphylococcus aureus. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 1989; 8:153-6. [PMID: 2498100 DOI: 10.1007/bf01963902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A rapid latex agglutination test, Staphaurex, was tested for its ability to identify Staphylococcus aureus using 72 reference strains and 785 clinical isolates of the family Micrococcaceae. All reference strains of Staphylococcus aureus were Staphaurex-positive. Non-Staphylococcus aureus reference strains were negative. Using clinical strains, the results of the Staphaurex test were compared with the results of other tests commonly used to identify Staphylococcus aureus. A total of 393 clinical isolates were classified as Staphylococcus aureus. The Staphaurex, slide coagulase, tube coagulase/human plasma and tube coagulase/rabbit plasma tests correctly identified 98%, 93.6%, 93.6% and 97.5% of the Staphylococcus aureus strains, respectively. The performance of the Staphaurex test, in terms of sensitivity and specificity, was significantly better than the slide coagulase test. It was as sensitive and almost as specific as the tube coagulase rabbit test and more sensitive than the tube coagulase human test.
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- M Stevens
- Public Health Laboratory, Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK
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Bulanda M, Wegrzynowicz Z, Ciurak M, Kowalczyk J, Kupryszewski G, Gruszka M, Heczko PB, Pulverer G. A new chromogenic assay for direct detection of staphylocoagulase. ZENTRALBLATT FUR BAKTERIOLOGIE, MIKROBIOLOGIE, UND HYGIENE. SERIES A, MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, VIROLOGY, PARASITOLOGY 1988; 270:115-21. [PMID: 3223133 DOI: 10.1016/s0176-6724(88)80147-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Tube test for detection of staphylococcal coagulase, despite of many disadvantages, is commonly used in clinical microbiology for identification of Staphylococcus aureus. In this paper a new chromogenic method for detection of the coagulase directly in staphylococcal cultures is described and evaluated on the basis of a comparison with the standard tube assay. The chromogenic assay appeared to be as sensitive as the tube test but results of the former one can be read in a few hours without any apparatus.
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- M Bulanda
- Institute of Microbiology, Medial Academy, Kraków, Poland
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Piper J, Hadfield T, McCleskey F, Evans M, Friedstrom S, Lauderdale P, Winn R. Efficacies of rapid agglutination tests for identification of methicillin-resistant staphylococcal strains as Staphylococcus aureus. J Clin Microbiol 1988; 26:1907-9. [PMID: 3183033 PMCID: PMC266748 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.26.9.1907-1909.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Four commercially available rapid agglutination tests for the identification of Staphylococcus aureus were compared with the tube coagulase test for the identification of 300 methicillin-resistant isolates of staphylococci. Isolates tested included 207 methicillin-resistant S. aureus and 93 coagulase-negative staphylococci, collected from five medical centers. Strain variability was documented by phage typing and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns. Results of rapid identification tests ranged between 82 and 86% sensitivity, significantly poorer than the 98% sensitivity which the tube coagulase test provided.
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- J Piper
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Wilford Hall U.S. Air Force Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas 78236
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Watts JL, Owens WE. Evaluation of the Rapid Mastitis Test for identification of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from bovine mammary glands. J Clin Microbiol 1988; 26:672-4. [PMID: 3284897 PMCID: PMC266407 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.26.4.672-674.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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A latex agglutination test system (Rapid Mastitis Test [RMT]; Immucell, Portland, Maine) containing reagents for the identification of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus agalactiae from bovine intramammary infections was evaluated with 527 staphylococcal and 267 streptococcal isolates. The RMT Staphylococcus aureus reagent detected 94.2% of 242 Staphylococcus aureus isolates, 80% of 25 Staphylococcus intermedius isolates, and 42.8% of 21 tube coagulase-positive Staphylococcus hyicus isolates. All Streptococcus agalactiae isolates were correctly identified by the RMT Streptococcus agalactiae reagent. Cross-reactions were observed with one Streptococcus dysgalactiae and three Streptococcus uberis strains. The RMT was found to be an acceptable method for the detection of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from bovine mammary glands. The occurrence of coagulase-positive staphylococci other than Staphylococcus aureus requires biochemical testing for species level identification.
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- J L Watts
- Mastitis Research Laboratory, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Homer 71040
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Weers-Pothoff G, Moolhuijzen CE, Bongaerts GP. Comparison of seven coagulase tests for identification of Staphylococcus aureus. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY 1987; 6:589-91. [PMID: 3436321 DOI: 10.1007/bf02014257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Four coagglutination tests for the identification of Staphylococcus aureus were compared with the ordinary slide and tube coagulation tests using two groups of staphylococcal strains (one isolated in the authors' laboratory and the other identified by a reference laboratory). The correct identification rate in the two groups was respectively for slide test 96.9% and 92.7%, tube coagulation (citrate plasma) 99.0% and 94.8%, tube coagulation (EDTA plasma) 99.0% and 91.7%, API Staphase III 100% and 91.7%, Staph Rapid 97.9% and 91.3%, Staphyslide 99.0% and 94.6%, Staphaurex 96.9% and 92.7%. The sensitivity of Staph Rapid, Staphyslide and Staphaurex was slightly higher than that of the other tests. These three tests and the slide test were considerably more rapid as regards identification than the other tests.
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- G Weers-Pothoff
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Lairscey R, Buck GE. Performance of four slide agglutination methods for identification of Staphylococcus aureus when testing methicillin-resistant staphylococci. J Clin Microbiol 1987; 25:181-2. [PMID: 3641849 PMCID: PMC265856 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.25.1.181-182.1987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Four commercially available slide agglutination systems for identifying Staphylococcus aureus were compared with the conventional slide (clumping factor) and tube coagulase tests. The systems evaluated included Bacto Staph Latex (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.), Staphyloslide (BBL Microbiology Systems, Cockeysville, Md.), Mini ID Accu-Staph (Carr-Scarborough Microbiologicals, Inc., Decatur, Ga.), and Staphaurex (Wellcome Diagnostics, Research Triangle Park, N.C.). A total of 338 clinical isolates, including methicillin-resistant S. aureus (n = 149), methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (n = 78), methicillin-resistant, coagulase-negative staphylococci (n = 45), and methicillin-susceptible, coagulase-negative staphylococci (n = 66), were tested by each method. The slide test for clumping factor, the 4-h tube coagulase test, Bacto Staph Latex, Staphyloslide, Mini ID Accu-Staph, and Staphaurex detected 212 (93.4%), 218 (96%), 223 (98.2%), 223 (98.2%), 221 (97.4%), and 224 (98.7%) of the S. aureus (44% methicillin-resistant) isolates, respectively. There were no false-positive results with any of the methods when the 111 strains of coagulase-negative staphylococci were tested. The results of this evaluation suggest that the four slide identification methods tested can provide rapid and accurate identification of methicillin-resistant S. aureus strains.
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Ruane PJ, Morgan MA, Citron DM, Mulligan ME. Failure of rapid agglutination methods to detect oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Clin Microbiol 1986; 24:490-2. [PMID: 3489732 PMCID: PMC268947 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.24.3.490-492.1986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Although a latex agglutination test (StaphAurex) and a hemagglutination test (Staphyloslide) correctly identified all strains of Staphylococcus aureus that were susceptible or had intermediate susceptibility to oxacillin, 17 of 73 (23%) and 18 of 73 (25%) strains of oxacillin-resistant S. aureus were not identified by StaphAurex and Staphyloslide, respectively. All strains not detected were resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and rifampin.
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Smith SM, Berezny C. Comparative evaluation of identification systems for testing methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus. J Clin Microbiol 1986; 24:173-6. [PMID: 3638308 PMCID: PMC268869 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.24.2.173-176.1986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Several commercial systems are available to distinguish between Staphylococcus aureus and the coagulase-negative species of the Micrococcaceae family. Four latex agglutination systems (Accu-Staph, SeroSTAT, Staphaurex, and Staphylatex) and two hemagglutination systems (Hemastaph and Staphyloslide) were compared for their performance in the rapid identification of 232 isolates of staphylococci, including 114 of methicillin-resistant S. aureus. Accu-Staph, Staphaurex, and Staphyloslide correctly identified 100% of the methicillin-resistant S. aureus isolates; Hemastaph and Staphylatex, 99.1%; and SeroSTAT, 94.7%. Most reactions were easy to interpret, although 15% of the SeroSTAT reactions were weak. Autoagglutination occurred only with isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci. False-positive reactions were rare and occurred only with systems which did not detect autoagglutination. Five of these six systems appear to be adequate for the rapid identification of S. aureus, including methicillin-resistant isolates.
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Brown WJ. Comparison of a yellow latex reagent with other agglutination methods for the identification of Staphylococcus aureus. J Clin Microbiol 1986; 23:640-2. [PMID: 3958152 PMCID: PMC268714 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.23.3.640-642.1986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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A new commercial yellow latex agglutination reagent (Bacto-Staph) was compared with the slide and tube coagulase tests and three other commercial reagents for the identification of 283 Staphylococcus aureus and 54 non-S. aureus staphylococcal strains. Test sensitivities for the identification of S. aureus were as follows: tube coagulase, 99.6%; slide coagulase, 98.6%; Bacto-Staph, 99.6%; Staphylatex, 98.6%; Sero STAT Staph, 98.2%; and Staphyloslide, 97.5%. No false-positive reactions were observed with any of the commercial reagents.
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Selepak ST, Witebsky FG. Inoculum size and lot-to-lot variation as significant variables in the tube coagulase test for Staphylococcus aureus. J Clin Microbiol 1985; 22:835-7. [PMID: 3902880 PMCID: PMC268537 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.22.5.835-837.1985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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For a positive coagulase test with certain isolates of Staphylococcus aureus, inoculation of 0.5 ml of coagulase plasma with at least two colonies and 24 h of incubation at 35 to 37 degrees C may be required. S. aureus does not multiply in coagulase plasma. There is also lot-to-lot variation in the sensitivity of coagulase plasma. On isolates from critical specimens, a negative coagulase test obtained with an inoculum of less than two colonies should be confirmed by repeating the procedure with a larger inoculum or by using some other confirmatory test.
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Abstract
Rapid generation of microbiology results does not require sophisticated automated instruments. Many common laboratory procedures, such as microscopic examination of clinical specimens, use of manual screening tests, macroscopic examination of isolated colonies, and performance of rapid biochemical tests, can provide the physician with clinically useful information. These tests are neither expensive nor time-consuming and should be used routinely to generate rapid test results.
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