Evaluation of the Vitek Systems Gram-Positive Identification card for species identification of coagulase-negative staphylococci
| Autor: | Tammy L. Bannerman, Wesley E. Kloos, K T Kleeman |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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Coagulase
Microbiology (medical) Micrococcaceae biology Staphylococcus Subspecies biology.organism_classification medicine.disease_cause Sensitivity and Specificity Bacterial Typing Techniques Microbiology Species Specificity Evaluation Studies as Topic Staphylococcus epidermidis medicine Humans Species identification Identification (biology) Research Article Gram |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 31:1322-1325 |
| ISSN: | 1098-660X 0095-1137 |
| DOI: | 10.1128/jcm.31.5.1322-1325.1993 |
| Popis: | Vitek Systems' Gram-Positive Identification test (GPI) card was evaluated for the ability to identify 12 coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species and subspecies. The bionumber generated from the GPI card was examined for its potential use in epidemiological studies. Results indicated that the GPI card had a high degree of correlation with the conventional methods of identification. The species identified with the greatest accuracy were Staphylococcus epidermidis (92%), S. haemolyticus (95%), S. capitis subsp. capitis (88%), and S. saprophyticus (100%). S. hominis (63%) was identified with the least accuracy. The bionumber was found to have limited epidemiological value because of the frequent occurrence of a few major bionumbers. |
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