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Infect Immun. 1971 May; 3(5): 707-708
Copyright © 1971 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Use of the Clumping Factor Reaction for the Identification of Encapsulated Strains of Staphylococcus aureus from Human Sources

Melvin R. Smith, Kosaku Yoshida and Yoshiko Naito

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
Department of Microbiology, 406th Medical Laboratory, Kanagawa-ken, Japan

ABSTRACT

Using the clumping factor test on 815 strains of Staphylococcus aureus, 775 positive strains were of compact morphology. Of 40 negative strains, 39 were diffuse in serum-soft agar. The test may be used to detect capsulated S. aureus strains.

Infect Immun. 1971 May; 3(5): 707-708
Copyright © 1971 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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