Relationships Among Coagulase, Enterotoxin, and Heat-stable Deoxyribonuclease Production by <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>

Abstract

The relationship between heat-stable deoxyribonuclease and coagulase production was investigated in the interest of developing more rapid diagnostic and quantitative procedures for distinguishing toxigenic and pathogenic staphylococci from closely related saprophytic organisms.