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Construction of a database to identify Staphylococcus species.
  1. C Geary,
  2. M Stevens,
  3. P H Sneath,
  4. C J Mitchell
  1. Public Health Laboratory, Leicester Royal Infirmary.

    Abstract

    A database was constructed for the routine identification of Staphylococcus species, isolated from man. The method comprised 15 conventional characterisation tests using substrates incorporated into agar plates and a multipoint inoculation system. The database was constructed from results of 125 reference strains and 1567 clinical isolates. In an evaluation trial, using a probability profile index generated from the database, 529 of 559 (94.6%) further clinical isolates were identified to species level. A further 20 (3.6%) gave low discrimination between two species. The proposed scheme was rapid, reliable, and inexpensive.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.42.3.289

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