Thermo Scientific™ Staphylase™ Test

Description

• The generally accepted identifying characteristic of Staphylococcus aureus is the ability to produce free and bound coagulase (or clumping factor)
• The presence of clumping factor may be detected in a number of ways
• The Oxoid Staphylase Test detects the presence of clumping factor through clumping of fibrinogen- sensitized sheep red blood cells 1,2
• The specificity of the reaction is ensured by a simultaneous test with a control reagent (unsensitized sheep red blood cells), when of course no clumping reaction should be observed
• Use this rapid agglutination test for the identification of Staphylococcus aureus by detection of clumping factor
• Clumping factor is detected through agglutination of fibrinogen-sensitized sheep red blood cells
• The specificity of the reaction is ensured by a simultaneous test with a control reagent (unsensitized sheep red blood cells) when no clumping reaction should be observed
• A positive result is obtained if clumping of the test cell suspensions occurs during mixing
• This indicates the presence of Staphylococcus aureus
• Included in the kit is a test reagent consisting of rabbit fibrogen-sensitized sheep red blood cells, control reagent consisting of unsensitized sheep red blood cells, and disposable reaction cards
• Each kit contains sufficient reagent for 100 tests
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