Comparison of the Staphylococcus QuickFISH BC test with the tube coagulase test performed on positive blood cultures for evaluation and application in a clinical routine setting

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 131-135

  Carretto, E ^a   Bardaro, M ^a   Russello, G ^a   Mirra, M ^a   Zuelli, C ^a   Barbarini, D ^b  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM STRIATUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIRECT TUBE COAGULASE TEST; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WORKFLOW;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COAGULASE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CORYNEBACTERIUM STRIATUM; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84871708583     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02103-12     Document Type: Article

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