Anticoagulant carryover may influence clot formation in direct tube coagulase tests from blood cultures

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 4613-4615

  Varettas, Kerry ^a   Mukerjee, Chinmoy ^a   Taylor, Peter C ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; POLYANETHOLESULFONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CULTURE; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; GRAM STAINING; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; BLOOD COAGULATION; COAGULASE; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; POLYANETHOLESULFONATE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 24744448680     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.9.4613-4615.2005     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Bannerman, T. L. 2003. Staphylococcus, Micrococcus, and other catalase-positive cocci that grow aerobically. In P. R. Murray, E. J. Baron, M. A. Jorgensen, J. H. Pfaller, M. A. Tenover, and R. H. Yolen (ed.), Manual of clinical microbiology, 8th ed. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C.
2. Barenfanger, J., C. Drake, and G. Kacich. 1999. Clinical and financial benefits of rapid bacterial identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. J. Clin. Microbiol. 37:1415-1418.
3. Barrow, G. I., and R. K. A. Feltham (ed.). 1993. Cowan and Steel's manual for the identification of medical bacteria, 3rd ed., p. 10. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
4. Belding, M. E., and S. J. Klebanoff. 1972. Effect of sodium polyanetholesulfonate on antimicrobial systems in blood. Appl. Microbiol. 24:691-698.
5. Chapin, K., and M. Musgnug. 2003. Evaluation of three rapid methods for the direct identification of Staphylococcus aureus from positive blood cultures. J. Clin. Microbiol. 41:4324-4327.
6. Chapin, K. C., and M. C. Musgnug. 2004. Evaluation of penicillin binding protein 2a latex agglutination assay for identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus directly from blood cultures. J. Clin. Microbiol. 42:1283-1284.
7. Doern, G. V., and L. I. Robbie. 1982. Direct identification of Staphylococcus aureus in blood culture fluid with a commercial latex agglutination test. J. Clin. Microbiol. 16:1048-1051.
8. Doern, G. V., R. Vautour, M. Gaudet, and B. Levy. 1994. Clinical impact of rapid in vitro susceptibility testing and bacterial identification. J. Clin. Microbiol. 32:1757-1762.
9. Edberg, S. C., and M. K. Edberg. 1983. Inactivation of the polyanionic detergent sodium polyanetholesulfonate by hemoglobin. J. Clin. Microbiol. 18:1047-1050.
10. Eng, J. 1975. Effect of sodium polyanethol sulfonate in blood cultures. J. Clin. Microbiol. 1:119-123.
11. Hallin, A., N. Macs, B. Byl, F. Jacobs, F. De Ghelde, and M. J. Struelens. 2003. Clinical Impact of a PCR assay for identification of Staphylococcus aureus and determination of methicillin resistance directly from blood cultures. J. Clin. Microbiol. 41:3942-3944.
12. Hamoudi, A. C., and M. M. Hribar. 1988. Evaluation of a direct identifiction method for Staphylococcus aureus from blood culture broth. J. Clin. Microbiol. 26:1404-1405.
13. McDonald, C. L., and K. Chapin. 1995. Rapid identification of Staphylococcus aureus from blood culture bottles by a classic 2-hour tube coagulase test. J. Clin. Microbiol. 33:50-52.
14. Mirrett, S., M. P. Weinstein, L. G. Reimer, M. L. Wilson, and I. B. Reller. 2001. Relevance of the number of positive bottles in determining clinical significance of coagulase-negative staphylococci in blood cultures. J. Clin. Microbiol. 39:3279-3281.
15. Richter, S. S., S. E. Beckman, J. L. Croco, D. J. Diekema, F. P. Koonyz, M. A. Pfaller, and G. V. Doern. 2002. Minimizing the workup of blood culture contaminants: implementation and evaluation of a laboratory-based algorithm. J. Clin. Microbiol. 40:2437-2444.
16. Shrestha, N. K., M. J. Tuohy, G. S. Hall, C. M. Isada, and G. W. Procop. 2002. Rapid identification of Staphylococcus aureus and the mecA gene from BacT/Alert blood culture bottles by using the LightCyder system. J. Clin. Microbiol. 40:2659-2661.
17. Speers, J. S., T. R. Olma, and G. L. Gilbert. 1997. Evaluation of four methods for rapid identification of Staphylococcus aureus from blood cultures. J. Clin. Microbiol. 36:1032-1034.
18. Trenholme, G. M., R, L. Kaplan, P. H. Karakusis, T. Stine, J. Fuhrer, W. Landau, and S. Levin. 1989. Clinical impact of rapid identification and susceptibility testing of bacterial blood culture isolates. J. Clin. Microbiol. 27:1342-1345.