Report the isolate as coagulase negative Staphylococcus is the correct answer because this is an isolate from a urine specimen with a coagulase negative Staphylococcus susceptible to novobiocin. Staphylococcus saprophyticus is resistant to novobiocin. Further testing is required to speciate coagulase negative Staphylococci but only if the specimen is from a sterile body site, not urine.
Gram positive cocci isolated from a catheterized urine culture on a 76-year-old male gave the following reactions:
Blood agar- creamy, white, opaque colonies
Catalase- positive
Slide coagulase- negative
Tube coagulase- negative
Novobiocin- susceptible
The next action the MLS should take is:
Submit