Stevens M, Geary C
Public Health Laboratory, Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1989 Feb;8(2):153-6. doi: 10.1007/BF01963902.
A rapid latex agglutination test, Staphaurex, was tested for its ability to identify Staphylococcus aureus using 72 reference strains and 785 clinical isolates of the family Micrococcaceae. All reference strains of Staphylococcus aureus were Staphaurex-positive. Non-Staphylococcus aureus reference strains were negative. Using clinical strains, the results of the Staphaurex test were compared with the results of other tests commonly used to identify Staphylococcus aureus. A total of 393 clinical isolates were classified as Staphylococcus aureus. The Staphaurex, slide coagulase, tube coagulase/human plasma and tube coagulase/rabbit plasma tests correctly identified 98%, 93.6%, 93.6% and 97.5% of the Staphylococcus aureus strains, respectively. The performance of the Staphaurex test, in terms of sensitivity and specificity, was significantly better than the slide coagulase test. It was as sensitive and almost as specific as the tube coagulase rabbit test and more sensitive than the tube coagulase human test.
采用一种快速乳胶凝集试验——葡萄球菌快速诊断试剂（Staphaurex），以72株参考菌株和785株微球菌科临床分离株为样本，检测其鉴定金黄色葡萄球菌的能力。所有金黄色葡萄球菌参考菌株的葡萄球菌快速诊断试剂检测结果均为阳性。非金黄色葡萄球菌参考菌株检测结果为阴性。使用临床菌株，将葡萄球菌快速诊断试剂检测结果与其他常用于鉴定金黄色葡萄球菌的检测结果进行比较。共有393株临床分离株被分类为金黄色葡萄球菌。葡萄球菌快速诊断试剂、玻片凝固酶、试管凝固酶/人血浆和试管凝固酶/兔血浆试验分别正确鉴定出98%、93.6%、93.6%和97.5%的金黄色葡萄球菌菌株。在敏感性和特异性方面，葡萄球菌快速诊断试剂检测的性能显著优于玻片凝固酶试验。其敏感性与试管凝固酶兔血浆试验相当，特异性几乎相同，且比试管凝固酶人血浆试验更敏感。
