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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2005, p. 956-958, Vol. 43, No. 2
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.2.956-958.2005
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Identification and Characterization of Clinical Isolates of Members of the Staphylococcus sciuri Group

Srdjan Stepanovi,^1* Ivana Daki,¹ Donald Morrison,² Tomasz Hauschild,³ Petr Jeek,⁴ Petr Petrá,⁵ An Martel,⁶ Dragana Vukovi,¹ Adebayo Shittu,⁷ and Luc A. Devriese⁶

Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia,¹ Scottish MRSA Reference Laboratory, Microbiology Department, Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom,² Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biology, University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland,³ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Regional Hospital Píbram, Píbram,⁴ Czech National Reference Laboratory for Staphylococci, National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic,⁵ Department of Bacteriology, Pathology and Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium,⁶ School of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Durban, Republic of South Africa⁷

Received 7 October 2004/ Returned for modification 8 October 2004/ Accepted 12 October 2004

A total of 28 staphylococcal isolates from human clinical specimens belonging to the Staphylococcus sciuri group were identified and characterized. The API Staph and ID32 STAPH correctly identified S. sciuri and S. lentus but not S. vitulinus strains. Identification to the subspecies level was possible only by a PCR-based method.

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