Novel Selective Medium for Isolation of Staphylococcus lugdunensis from Wound Specimens |
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| Authors: | Pak-Leung Ho Sammy Man-Him Leung Herman Tse Kin-Hung Chow Vincent Chi-Chung Cheng Tak-Lun Que |
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| Affiliation: | aDepartment of Microbiology and Carol Yu Centre for Infection, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China;bDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Tuen Mun Hospital, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China |
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| Abstract: | We compared a novel selective Staphylococcus lugdunensis (SSL) medium with routine media (blood and chocolate agars) for the detection of S. lugdunensis in 990 clinical specimens (from tissue, pus, or wound swabs). Significantly more S. lugdunensis isolates were detected on SSL medium (34/990) than on routine medium (7/990) (P = 0.001, McNemar''s test). |
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