Role of sterile saline plus organism on the slide test

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Q 1. How would you interpret a negative Slide Test and a positive Tube test using the same organism?

Q 2. Consider the Slide Test.
a. What is the role of sterile saline plus organism on the Slide Test?
b. Why is it advisable to run a known coagulase-positive organism along with your unknown organism?
c. How will the validity of the test be affected if clumping occurs on both smears of the known coagulase-positive organism?

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