Qian, Qinfang, Karen Eichelberger, and James E Kirby. 2007. “Rapid Identification of Staphylococcus Aureus in Blood Cultures by Use of the Direct Tube Coagulase Test.”. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 45 (7): 2267-9.
Abstract
Direct tube coagulase testing for identification of Staphylococcus aureus from BACTEC culture broth showed a sensitivity, a specificity, and positive and negative predicative values of 34%, 100%, 100%, and 80.2% with 2 h of incubation and 65%, 98.7, 99.7%, and 88.6% with 4 h of incubation. Anaerobic blood culture contributed significantly to the detection of S. aureus.