Smith S M, Berezny C
J Clin Microbiol. 1986 Aug;24(2):173-6. doi: 10.1128/jcm.24.2.173-176.1986.
Several commercial systems are available to distinguish between Staphylococcus aureus and the coagulase-negative species of the Micrococcaceae family. Four latex agglutination systems (Accu-Staph, SeroSTAT, Staphaurex, and Staphylatex) and two hemagglutination systems (Hemastaph and Staphyloslide) were compared for their performance in the rapid identification of 232 isolates of staphylococci, including 114 of methicillin-resistant S. aureus. Accu-Staph, Staphaurex, and Staphyloslide correctly identified 100% of the methicillin-resistant S. aureus isolates; Hemastaph and Staphylatex, 99.1%; and SeroSTAT, 94.7%. Most reactions were easy to interpret, although 15% of the SeroSTAT reactions were weak. Autoagglutination occurred only with isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci. False-positive reactions were rare and occurred only with systems which did not detect autoagglutination. Five of these six systems appear to be adequate for the rapid identification of S. aureus, including methicillin-resistant isolates.
有几种商业系统可用于区分金黄色葡萄球菌和微球菌科凝固酶阴性菌。比较了四种乳胶凝集系统（Accu-Staph、SeroSTAT、Staphaurex和Staphylatex）和两种血凝系统（Hemastaph和Staphyloslide）在快速鉴定232株葡萄球菌（包括114株耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌）方面的性能。Accu-Staph、Staphaurex和Staphyloslide正确鉴定了100%的耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌分离株；Hemastaph和Staphylatex为99.1%；SeroSTAT为94.7%。大多数反应易于解读，不过SeroSTAT反应中有15%较弱。自身凝集仅发生在凝固酶阴性葡萄球菌分离株中。假阳性反应很少见，仅在未检测到自身凝集的系统中出现。这六种系统中的五种似乎足以快速鉴定金黄色葡萄球菌，包括耐甲氧西林分离株。
