Erroneous reporting of coagulase-negative staphylococci as Kocuria spp. by the Vitek 2 system

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1448-1450

  Ben Ami, R ^a   Navon Venezia, S ^a   Schwartz, D ^a   Schlezinger, Y ^a   Mekuzas, Y ^a   Carmeli, Y ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KOCURIA; MALE; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COAGULASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; MICROCOCCACEAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

KOCURIA; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 14944374177     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.3.1448-1450.2005     Document Type: Article

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