Guest guest Posted May 20, 2002 Report Share Posted May 20, 2002 Thank you Margaret, Pattie, and !! I am going with " Staph coag-positive. " I would expand Staph normally but can't since verbatim. Okay, I feel better now seeing it documented! Oh, oh, I almost forgot...I found Gram/gram positive/negative the follow ways in the following sources: Upper cased: Stedman's Electronic Medical Dictionary (SEMD), Lower cased: Stedman's Organism Words, Vera's Both ways: Stedman's Path and Lab Words. I'm going to go with lower cased. Thanks again! <And now Rennie speeds off like a rubber bullet to plug holes in her dam of Swiss cheese, hoping to live another day to fight the good fight. Vrrrrroom!> *GGG* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 20, 2002 Report Share Posted May 20, 2002 I found some hits on Google for coagulase-positive staphylococci (chiefly S. aureus). Here's one site that offered a description: http://www.medschool.lsumc.edu/Micr/mirror/public_html/clinbact/staph/staph.html Hope this helps. Pattie Margaret Grant wrote: > Rennie, Shame on you questioning such things. If there is a coag-negative, there has to be a coag-positive, right? Gee, thanks, now you have brought it to my attention and now I can't find it either. Just when I think I know what I'm doing, along comes one of these young whipper-snappers and tells me I don't. Again, geesh, how could you. Okay, that was all in jest, but actually you have caught me by surprise on this one, because I did always figure if there was a negative there had to be a positive also, but you are sure right. I haven't found it yet, have only found coagulase-negative staph, even checked Vera just to be sure. Sorry, not any help here. Margaret > > BTW, even though it is Gram stain, when talking about the results it is gram-negative rods (without the capital G), etc. MG > > >>> " Rennie@Work " 05/20/02 01:34PM >>> > Doc dictates: > > " She was called today and asked to come in to be reevaluated because one of > her blood cultures was positive. Review of computer shows sputum Gram stain > reveals 4+ Gram-positive cocci. Sputum culture also shows **staph coag > positive**. Urine culture shows preliminary results of Gram-negative rods, > and one of two blood cultures is positive for a Gram-negative rod > preliminary result. " > > Where can I document this? I find " Staphylococcus species, > coagulase-negative " in SEMD and Sted's Organisms but nothing on > coag-positive. > > TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS MAILING LIST send a blank email to nmtc-unsubscribe > > PLEASE VISIT THE NMTC WEB SITE - http://go.to/nmtc > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 20, 2002 Report Share Posted May 20, 2002 Rennie, As far as the gram-negative and gram-positive, I have always been taught that it was lower case, and both my Stedman's ID words, and HPI Lab/Path book have it as lower case. Sorry, I can't remember what the SEMD is. Also, it looks like it is coag-negative staphylococcus, but Staphylococcus species coag-negative, so I don't know, I have always just typed it with a capital. Margaret >>> " Rennie@Work " 05/20/02 01:52PM >>> I stumped Margaret?? No way!!! LOL! *teehee* Hmmmm...okay...now I need to decided whether to flag it or not. The account is verbatim and I *do* hear it, but still...hmmmm... <thinking, thinking> Okay, let me ask you this. If you were going to put it in a verbatim report and not blank it, would you cap Staph or not?? p.s. Gram-positive and negative is capped in SEMD. Is it wrong or is it one of those things that vary among folks, i.e., is it a style issue? Re: " staph coag positive " Rennie, Shame on you questioning such things. If there is a coag-negative, there has to be a coag-positive, right? Gee, thanks, now you have brought it to my attention and now I can't find it either. Just when I think I know what I'm doing, along comes one of these young whipper-snappers and tells me I don't. Again, geesh, how could you. Okay, that was all in jest, but actually you have caught me by surprise on this one, because I did always figure if there was a negative there had to be a positive also, but you are sure right. I haven't found it yet, have only found coagulase-negative staph, even checked Vera just to be sure. Sorry, not any help here. Margaret BTW, even though it is Gram stain, when talking about the results it is gram-negative rods (without the capital G), etc. MG >>> " Rennie@Work " 05/20/02 01:34PM >>> Doc dictates: " She was called today and asked to come in to be reevaluated because one of her blood cultures was positive. Review of computer shows sputum Gram stain reveals 4+ Gram-positive cocci. Sputum culture also shows **staph coag positive**. Urine culture shows preliminary results of Gram-negative rods, and one of two blood cultures is positive for a Gram-negative rod preliminary result. " Where can I document this? I find " Staphylococcus species, coagulase-negative " in SEMD and Sted's Organisms but nothing on coag-positive. TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS MAILING LIST send a blank email to nmtc-unsubscribe PLEASE VISIT THE NMTC WEB SITE - http://go.to/nmtc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 20, 2002 Report Share Posted May 20, 2002 Hi Rennie! In Taber's under Staphylococcus aureus, I found that it is a species of gram-positive, coagulase-positive bacteria. Hope that helps. I also found hits on Google. " staph coag positive " Doc dictates: " She was called today and asked to come in to be reevaluated because one of her blood cultures was positive. Review of computer shows sputum Gram stain reveals 4+ Gram-positive cocci. Sputum culture also shows **staph coag positive**. Urine culture shows preliminary results of Gram-negative rods, and one of two blood cultures is positive for a Gram-negative rod preliminary result. " Where can I document this? I find " Staphylococcus species, coagulase-negative " in SEMD and Sted's Organisms but nothing on coag-positive. TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS MAILING LIST send a blank email to nmtc-unsubscribe PLEASE VISIT THE NMTC WEB SITE - http://go.to/nmtc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 20, 2002 Report Share Posted May 20, 2002 I agree with Margaret about not capitalizing gram-positive. All of my lab references use Gram stain, but gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria. Pattie " Rennie@Work " wrote: > I stumped Margaret?? No way!!! LOL! > > *teehee* > > Hmmmm...okay...now I need to decided whether to flag it or not. The account > is verbatim and I *do* hear it, but still...hmmmm... > > <thinking, thinking> > > Okay, let me ask you this. If you were going to put it in a verbatim report > and not blank it, would you cap Staph or not?? > > p.s. Gram-positive and negative is capped in SEMD. Is it wrong or is it > one of those things that vary among folks, i.e., is it a style issue? > > Re: " staph coag positive " > > Rennie, Shame on you questioning such things. If there is a coag-negative, > there has to be a coag-positive, right? Gee, thanks, now you have brought > it to my attention and now I can't find it either. Just when I think I know > what I'm doing, along comes one of these young whipper-snappers and tells me > I don't. Again, geesh, how could you. Okay, that was all in jest, but > actually you have caught me by surprise on this one, because I did always > figure if there was a negative there had to be a positive also, but you are > sure right. I haven't found it yet, have only found coagulase-negative > staph, even checked Vera just to be sure. Sorry, not any help here. > Margaret > > BTW, even though it is Gram stain, when talking about the results it is > gram-negative rods (without the capital G), etc. MG > > >>> " Rennie@Work " 05/20/02 01:34PM >>> > Doc dictates: > > " She was called today and asked to come in to be reevaluated because one of > her blood cultures was positive. Review of computer shows sputum Gram stain > reveals 4+ Gram-positive cocci. Sputum culture also shows **staph coag > positive**. Urine culture shows preliminary results of Gram-negative rods, > and one of two blood cultures is positive for a Gram-negative rod > preliminary result. " > > Where can I document this? I find " Staphylococcus species, > coagulase-negative " in SEMD and Sted's Organisms but nothing on > coag-positive. > > > TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS MAILING LIST send a blank email to nmtc-unsubscribe > > PLEASE VISIT THE NMTC WEB SITE - http://go.to/nmtc > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 20, 2002 Report Share Posted May 20, 2002 Rennie, I just checked under Staphylococcus aureus in Dorland's and it also says that it is the coagulase-positive form of the genus. So I guess that it is referred to as Staph aureus instead of coag-positive staph. Maybe there are more species of coag-negative staph but just the one species for coag-positive. Just my 2 cents worth. Margaret Rennie, Have fun plugging all those leaks, MG >>> " Rennie@Work " 05/20/02 02:11PM >>> Thank you Margaret, Pattie, and !! I am going with " Staph coag-positive. " I would expand Staph normally but can't since verbatim. Okay, I feel better now seeing it documented! Oh, oh, I almost forgot...I found Gram/gram positive/negative the follow ways in the following sources: Upper cased: Stedman's Electronic Medical Dictionary (SEMD), Lower cased: Stedman's Organism Words, Vera's Both ways: Stedman's Path and Lab Words. I'm going to go with lower cased. Thanks again! <And now Rennie speeds off like a rubber bullet to plug holes in her dam of Swiss cheese, hoping to live another day to fight the good fight. Vrrrrroom!> *GGG* TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS MAILING LIST send a blank email to nmtc-unsubscribe PLEASE VISIT THE NMTC WEB SITE - http://go.to/nmtc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 20, 2002 Report Share Posted May 20, 2002 Hi! Here's from a used-to-be MLT much interested in microbiology. Yes, there does indeed exist such a thing as Staph Coag positive. The best place to look for actual documentation on it is microbiology reference material. I just checked my monster lab book which says Staph aureus is differentiated principally from other staph species by it's production of coagulases. Bottom line is that if a staph tests coag positive, you can be 99% sure that it's aureus...which can be one of the more serious types of staph infection, especially in a hospital setting. Sylvia MT wannabe....gonnabe gentlsong@... ICQ# 383585 Re: " staph coag positive " > Rennie, Shame on you questioning such things. If there is a coag-negative, there has to be a coag-positive, right? Gee, thanks, now you have brought it to my attention and now I can't find it either. Just when I think I know what I'm doing, along comes one of these young whipper-snappers and tells me I don't. Again, geesh, how could you. Okay, that was all in jest, but actually you have caught me by surprise on this one, because I did always figure if there was a negative there had to be a positive also, but you are sure right. I haven't found it yet, have only found coagulase-negative staph, even checked Vera just to be sure. Sorry, not any help here. Margaret > > BTW, even though it is Gram stain, when talking about the results it is gram-negative rods (without the capital G), etc. MG > > >>> " Rennie@Work " 05/20/02 01:34PM >>> > Doc dictates: > > " She was called today and asked to come in to be reevaluated because one of > her blood cultures was positive. Review of computer shows sputum Gram stain > reveals 4+ Gram-positive cocci. Sputum culture also shows **staph coag > positive**. Urine culture shows preliminary results of Gram-negative rods, > and one of two blood cultures is positive for a Gram-negative rod > preliminary result. " > > Where can I document this? I find " Staphylococcus species, > coagulase-negative " in SEMD and Sted's Organisms but nothing on > coag-positive. > > > > TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS MAILING LIST send a blank email to nmtc-unsubscribe > > PLEASE VISIT THE NMTC WEB SITE - http://go.to/nmtc > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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