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Identification and molecular characterization of mannitol salt positive, coagulase-negative staphylococci from nasal samples of medical personnel and students.
  The identification of mannitol salt positive, coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) is often disregarded when Staphylococcus aureus is screened in clinical samples using mannitol salt agar. However, the emergence of CNS as important human pathogens has indicated that reliable methods for the identification of clinically significant CNS are of great importance in understanding the epidemiology of infections caused by them. The identification and molecular characterization of mannitol salt positive CNS from nasal samples of medical personnel and students is reported here. A total of 84 mannitol salt positive staphylococcal isolates were obtained from 240 nasal samples, of which 15 were CNS. The API STAPH system classified the CNS isolates into six species, and one-third of the isolates were identified with confidence levels of

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    30 November 2005

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    Society for General Microbiology

  • DOI:

    10.1099/jmm.0.46072-0

  • ISSN:

    0022-2615

  • Library of Congress:

    QR Microbiology

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    579 Microorganisms, fungi & algae

Citation

Shittu, A., Lin, J., Morrison, D. & Kolawole, D. (2005). Identification and molecular characterization of mannitol salt positive, coagulase-negative staphylococci from nasal samples of medical personnel and students. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 55, 317-324. doi:10.1099/jmm.0.46072-0. ISSN 0022-2615

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Keywords

CNS; coagulase-negative staphylococci ITS-PCR; 16S–23S rRNA intergenic spacer length polymorphism analysis; MSA; mannitol salt agar;

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