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**Mix a heavy inoculum of bacteria into a tube filled with rabbit plasma
 
**Mix a heavy inoculum of bacteria into a tube filled with rabbit plasma
 
**Positive if clot is formed within 4 hours when incubated at 37ºC
 
**Positive if clot is formed within 4 hours when incubated at 37ºC
**A few species of [[Coagulase-negative staphylococci]] may be positive: [[Staphylococcus intermedius]], [[Staphylococcus saccharolyticus]], and [[Staphylococcus schleiferi]]
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**A few species of [[Coagulase-negative staphylococci]] may be positive: [[Staphylococcus intermedius]], [[Staphylococcus hyicus]], [[Staphylococcus saccharolyticus]], and [[Staphylococcus schleiferi]]
   
 
[[Category:Diagnostics]]
 
[[Category:Diagnostics]]

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References

  1. ^  Takashi Sasaki, Sae Tsubakishita, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Arihito Sakusabe, Masayuki Ohtsuka, Shintaro Hirotaki, Tetsuji Kawakami, Tsuneo Fukata, Keiichi Hiramatsu. Multiplex-PCR Method for Species Identification of Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2010;48(3):765-769. doi:10.1128/jcm.01232-09.