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Created by Paul A. Gulig, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
with assistance from David Brumbaugh
This result means A. Staphylococcus epidermidis
No, the plasma clotted (gelled), indicating a positive coagulase, which indicates S. aureus having followed the diagnostic scheme so far.