Evaluation of the vitek 2 ID-GNB assay for identification of members of the family Enterobacteriaceae and other nonenteric gram-negative bacilli and comparison with the vitek GNI+ card

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2096-2101

  O'Hara, Caroline M ^a   Miller, J Michael ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LACTOSE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INCUBATION TIME; INSTRUMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ARIZONAE;

EID: 0037952628     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.2096-2101.2003     Document Type: Article

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