[PDF] Top 20 Evaluation of the R/B and Minitek systems for identification of Enterobacteriaceae

... In this study 15 common tests were used routinely: indol, citrate, hydrogen sulfide, lysine, ornithine, phenylalanine, glucose, lactose, sorbitol, arabinose, raffinose, rhamnose, malonat[r] ... See full document

... non-susceptible Enterobacteriaceae will play an impor- tant role in the infection control and prevention of mul- tidrug resistance ...automated systems are widely used in many clinical laboratories for ... See full document

... certain species for example, Klebsiella pneuThe precision of the MS-2 in identifying 150 moniae and Serratia rubidaea could not be strains of Enterobacteriaceae exceeded 90% in distingui[r] ... See full document

... The efficiency and accuracy of Enterosistem 18-R Liofilchem s.r.l., Roseto degli Abruzzi, Teramo, Italy compared with those of conventional biochemical methods to identify 360 members 38[r] ... See full document

... A total of 1,877 isolates, including 1,712 fermentative and 165 nonfermentative organisms, were tested in parallel with the Repliscan and Enterotube methods of enteric identification.. D[r] ... See full document

... Ornithine follows the pattem of indole and citrate Table 4 in that 94% of the 39 disagreeing reactions are negative with Minitek and positive in 24 h with tubed media.. Thirty-four out o[r] ... See full document

... The Minitek identification system MT was compared with a conventional testing battery for the characterization of 735 isolates which included 57 species and groups of nonfermentative NF [r] ... See full document

... Automated computerized systems, on the other hand, offer the' advantage of microbial identifications based on standardized objective readings of biochemical tests and represent a potenti[r] ... See full document

... Using the MICRO-ID computer identification manual September 1978 edition, the isolate was given one of the following five designations: i identified to genus and species, ii identified t[r] ... See full document

... In a dual-center evaluation, 306 isolates of Enterobacteriaceae were tested: 145 common and typical isolates at the Mayo Clinic and 161 unusual or atypical isolates at the Center for Dis[r] ... See full document

... The identification of causative agents of bacterial diseases of tomato was carried out in the laboratory of the Kazakh Research Institute of Protection and Quarantine of Plants by using the method of ... See full document

... Any time the genus or species response of an isolate was identical on both the API 20E and the Sensititre, or when the response of either API 20E or Sensititre was identical to that give[r] ... See full document

... 136 96 Escherichia coli 141 86 95 1 Klebsiella pneumoniae 91 1 35 83 Klebsiella oxytoca 42 Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis 1 Enterobacter cloacae 53 Enterobacter agglomerans 3 Enterobacter a[r] ... See full document

... For the purpose of this study, the instrument was switched to the 99% page at this point, and if the organism was among those identified on the panel it was recorded as "included." iv If[r] ... See full document

... KCN, tartrate KCN, gelatin, mucate Gelatin, tartrate Methyl red, Voges-Proskauer, KCN Methyl red, Voges-Proskauer Methyl red, Voges-Proskauer, arginine, tartrate Sucrose, maltose, xylose[r] ... See full document

... Although API and Minitek results were not compared to more standardized or conventional procedures of identification, multiple repeat testing of the two systems was done on routine clini[r] ... See full document

... The BBL system for nonfermenters, however, has the following inconveniences: i preliminary selection of oxidase-positive isolates will lead to missing oxidase-negative nonfermenters; ii [r] ... See full document

... haemolytica DISCUSSION are listed as 100% positive for xylose in the data The results obtained from the rapid identifi- base of the Minitek system; however, in this cation systems includ[r] ... See full document

... drawback with these systems is the use of non-approved Germany. Microcrystalline cellulose (MCC), polyvinyl biodegradable carriers. pyrollidone K 30 (PVP K 30) and triethyl citrate (TEC) were kindly donated by ... See full document

... polymyxin B used in this study was based on the manufacturer’s ...polymyxin B could be improved by optimizing the dosing regimen for the target ...polymyxin B in Thai patients is currently being ... See full document