Evaluation of commercial test systems for the identification of nonfermenters.

European journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 3 ·No. 4 ·1984-08-00 ·Pages 301-5

Lampe AS, van der Reijden TJ

Abstract

Three commercially available test systems for the identification of nonfermentative gram-negative rods were compared: API 20NE, flow N/F and Minitek Nonfermenter System. Two hundred strains were identified by conventional means and by each test system. The rate of correct identification of Acinetobacter, Alcaligenes, Flavobacterium and Moraxella strains to genus level and of the other genera to species level was 92% with API 20NE, 84% with flow N/F and 75% with Minitek Nonfermenter System. The need for these kits in the diagnostic hospital laboratory is also discussed.

MeSH Terms

Bacterial Infections/microbiology Bacteriological Techniques Culture Media Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria/isolation & purification Humans Reagent Kits, Diagnostic Species Specificity

Chemicals

Culture Media Reagent Kits, Diagnostic

Authors & Affiliations

2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Lampe A S

van der Reijden T J

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Article Info

Journal

European journal of clinical microbiology

Abbr.

Eur J Clin Microbiol

ISSN

0722-2211

DOI

10.1007/BF01977477

Published

1984-08-00

Pages

301-5

Language

English

Region

Germany

NLM ID

8219582

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1007/BF01977477

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