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. 1983 Aug;18(2):438-9.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.18.2.438-439.1983.

Evaluation of the automicrobic system gram-positive identification card for species identification of coagulase-negative staphylococci

R J Almeida, J H Jorgensen, J E Johnson

Evaluation of the automicrobic system gram-positive identification card for species identification of coagulase-negative staphylococci

R J Almeida et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1983 Aug.

Abstract

The AutoMicrobic system Gram-Positive Identification Card (Vitek Systems, Inc., Hazelwood, Mo.) was evaluated for identification of a group of 150 isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci. Identifications obtained with the Gram-Positive Identification Card were compared with reference identifications derived from 15 conventional biochemical tests. The AutoMicrobic system correctly identified only 67.3% (101 of 150) of the test isolates. The greatest accuracy was achieved with Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates (95.7%), whereas Staphylococcus hominis isolates were least often correctly identified (26.7%).

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