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. 1980 Nov;12(5):709–710. doi: 10.1128/jcm.12.5.709-710.1980

Effect of Various Blood Culture Media on Lysostaphin Sensitivity of Staphylococci

Perry J Severance 1,2,, Carol A Kauffman 1,2, John N Sheagren 1,2
PMCID: PMC273677  PMID: 7276143

Abstract

A rapid screening test for Staphylococcus aureus that utilizes lysostaphin sensitivity was found to be reliable for organisms cultured in 12 different commercial blood culture media.

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