Pastorex Staph-plus: latex test for Staphilococcus aureus identification

PASTOREX Staph Plus Kit is a rapid agglutination test on slides for the identification of coagulase positive Staphilococci isolated on selective agar plates. It is effective also on Staphilococcus strains expressing low level of coagulase activity. In fact, PASTOREX Staph Plus permits simultaneous detection of: fibrinogen-affinity factor (known as coagulase), protein A (which has an affinity for the “crystallisable fragment” of immunoglobulin G), capsular polysaccharides of Staphylococcus aureus.Thus, in the presence of strains of Staphylococcus aureus possessing one or more of the following antigens PASTOREX Staph Plus suspension agglutinates strongly in less than 40 seconds, presenting large clumps readily visible to the naked eye. The use of PASTOREX Staph Plus is validated AFNOR ISO16140 for the confirmation of colony isolated on Bio-Rad RAPID’Staph.