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Comparative Study
. 2011 Jul;49(7):2722-7.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01253-10. Epub 2011 May 4.

Comparative evaluation of three commercial identification systems using common and rare bloodstream yeast isolates

Joseph Meletiadis  1 , Michael Arabatzis, Maria Bompola, Konstantinos Tsiveriotis, Stavroula Hini, Efthymia Petinaki, Aristea Velegraki, Loukia Zerva
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Comparative Study

Comparative evaluation of three commercial identification systems using common and rare bloodstream yeast isolates

Joseph Meletiadis et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Jul.

Abstract

The commercial yeast identification systems API ID32C, Auxacolor, and Vitek were evaluated using 251 molecularly identified bloodstream isolates and 2 reference strains, representing a total of 35 species (6 common and 29 rare). Correct identification rates were higher for common species (Auxacolor, 95%; API ID32C, 94%; Vitek, 92%) than for rare species (Auxacolor, 43%; API ID32C, 56%; Vitek, 64%). All systems performed equally among the former, and Vitek performed best among the latter.

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