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Staphylococcus aureus Strains With a Negative Coagulase Tube Test are Associated With Staphylocoagulase Genotypes.
Frontiers in bioscience (Scholar edition) - 16 Jun 2025
Botheras Carly L, Bulach Dieter, Athan Eugene
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BACKGROUND: Staphylococcus aureus is a significant human pathogen. Therefore, differentiating Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) from coagulase-negative staphylococcal species is an important step in the diagnostics procedure. The coagulase tube test assay is used as a preliminary identification test; however, there are instances of S. aureus isolates testing negative. We hypothesized that this might affect...
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