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How do we differentiate between staph epidermidis and saprophyticus?

Author: H K



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Both of Staph epidermidis or saprophyticus are catalase + and coagulase – these is why the only way which I can differentiate them from each other is that when I incubate them on agars or petri dishes, I can put a certain antibiotic disc (the disc is about 1 cm in diameter).anitbiogram using disc containing novobiocin, the saprophyticus is resistant to the novobiocin but the epidermidis is sensitive to novobiocin


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