Staphylococci in canine urolithiasis: species identification, using a commercially available tray micromethod
Case, L.C.; Ling, G.V.; Biberstein, E.L.; Ruby, A.L.; Jang, S.S.
American Journal of Veterinary Research 46(1): 238-241
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9645 PMID: 3882027 Document Number: 261775
Fifty-one coagulase-positive staphylococcal isolates from canine urinary calculi or from the urine of dogs with documented urolithiasis, and 17 coagulase-positive staphylococcal isolates from human beings and cattle were identified by a commercially available tray micromethod, as well as by conventional methods. Canine isolates had been previously classified as Staphylococcus aureus on the basis of a positive tube coagulase test. After 5 hours' incubation, the tray method identified all 51 canine urolithiasis isolates as S. intermedius, rather than S. aureus. All human and bovine isolates were identified as S. aureus. Conventional methods supported these findings.