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. 1984 Feb;19(2):245-7.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.19.2.245-247.1984.

Rapid identification of antibiotic-resistant corynebacteria with the API 20S system

M C Kelly, I D Smith, R J Anstey, J H Thornley, R P Rennie

Rapid identification of antibiotic-resistant corynebacteria with the API 20S system

M C Kelly et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1984 Feb.

Abstract

The API 20S system (Analytab Products, Plainview, N.Y.) was evaluated for the rapid identification of multiply antibiotic-resistant aerobic diphtheroids. Sixty-eight clinical isolates of multiply resistant Centers for Disease Control group JK and group D2 corynebacteria had API 20S profiles which were clearly different from those of a number of strains of other Corynebacterium species which were tested. The API 20S system allowed more rapid identification of antibiotic-resistant diphtheroids than conventional biochemical tests. Its use for corynebacteria other than group JK and group D2 is not recommended at this time.

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