Abstract
The thermonuclease test for rapid identification of Staphylococcus aureus in blood cultures was evaluated by using 16 different blood culture media and 4 DNase agar media. The reliability of this test was profoundly medium dependent, and the source of the DNase agar was particularly important.
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