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. 1976 Feb;3(2):105-9.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.3.2.105-109.1976.

Computer-assisted bacterial identification utilizing antimicrobial susceptibility profiles generated by autobac 1

B H Sielaff, E A Johnson, J M Matsen

Computer-assisted bacterial identification utilizing antimicrobial susceptibility profiles generated by autobac 1

B H Sielaff et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1976 Feb.

Abstract

A computer program was developed to identify bacteria solely on the basis of their relative susceptibility to various antimicrobial agents. A sample of 481 clinical isolates from nine of the most commonly isolated gram-negative groups was identified by the quadratic discriminant function technique. Various combinations of antimicrobials were tried, and one set of 18 resulted in a more than 97% correlation with conventional identification procedures. The antimicrobial set could be decreased to 14, while a better than 95% correlation with the conventional procedures was maintained.

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