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Differentiation of coagulase-positive and coagulase-negative staphylococci by lectins and plant agglutinins.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 15 ·No. 4 ·1982-04-00 ·Pages 547-53

Davidson SK, Keller KF, Doyle RJ

Abstract

The screening of staphylococci with a panel of 14 lectins and extracts demonstrating lectin-like activity led to the development of a rapid agglutination slide test for the differentiation of certain coagulase-negative staphylococci and human strains of Staphylococcus aureus. The coagulase-negative staphylococci were agglutinated by agglutinins from Mangifera indica, Triticum vulgaris, and crude Limulus polyphemus. The test is rapid, requiring only 5 to 15 min to identify an unknown strain of staphylococci, as opposed to the 4 to 16 h required to perform the conventional tube coagulase test.

MeSH Terms
Agglutination Tests Horseshoe Crabs Lectins/pharmacology Staphylococcus/classification Staphylococcus aureus/classification
Chemicals
Lectins
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Davidson S K
Keller K F
Doyle R J
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of clinical microbiology
Abbr.
J Clin Microbiol
ISSN
0095-1137
DOI
10.1128/jcm.15.4.547-553.1982
Published
1982-04-00
Pages
547-53
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505564
PMCID
PMC272141
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jcm.15.4.547-553.1982 PMC Full Text View journal details
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