Patent ID: 8268579

Claim:
A method for detecting the presence or absence of pathogenic staphylococci (“ p.staphylococci ”) specifically and directly in a first generation specimen test sample, said method comprising the steps of: providing a hydratable test mixture that includes coagulase substrates operative to react with a coagulase enzyme system produced by p.staphylococci in the first generation specimen test sample to create a clot, which coagulase substrates include fibrinogen, the test mixture further including one or more growth promoting constituents that promote the growth of p.staphylococci and one or more inhibitors operable to interfere with growth of non- p.staphylococci bacteria; incubating a hydrated admixture of the test mixture and the first generation specimen test sample at a temperature in the range of about 20° C. to about 42° C.; and detecting the presence or absence of p.staphylococci in the sample based on the presence or absence of a clot within the admixture.