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Comparative Study
. 1974 Mar;27(3):575-83.
doi: 10.1128/am.27.3.575-583.1974.

r-b Expanders: their use in identifying routinely and unusually reacting members of Enterobacteriaceae

H D Isenberg, P B Smith, A Balows, B G Painter, D L Rhoden, K Tomfohrde
Comparative Study

r-b Expanders: their use in identifying routinely and unusually reacting members of Enterobacteriaceae

H D Isenberg et al. Appl Microbiol. 1974 Mar.

Abstract

This cooperative study between a large clinical laboratory and a reference laboratory evaluated the performance of the expanded r/b system for identifying Enterobacteriaceae. The 2,200 cultures isolated in the normal hospital routine presented no problem of identification to the r/b system. About 250 "atypical" cultures which were exchanged between the collaborating laboratories were also identified accurately. The expanded r/b system was found to perform as well as most biochemical-physiological identification systems, and when used appropriately was highly satisfactory as a system for identification of Enterobacteriaceae.

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