Four rapid methods were evaluated directly from positive blood cultures in parallel for identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and MR-coagulase-negative staphylococci.

A spectrum of in vivo-expressed Staphylococcus aureus antigens was identified by probing bacteriophage expression libraries of S. aureus with serum samples from infected and uninfected individuals.

European Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Apr., 1996), pp. 163-169 (7 pages) Different epidemiological markers were used to characterize 2 Staphylococcus epidermidis and 8 Staphylococcus ...

Both direct assays requires HOT of 23 minutes. In the present study, the direct use of API-Staph kit yielded a sensitivity of 96.8% and specificity of 100% with 1 false-positive (misidentified ...