Evaluation of the new Vitek 2 GN card for the identification of gram-negative bacilli frequently encountered in clinical laboratories

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 671-676

  Renaud, F N R ^a   Bergeron, E ^a   Tigaud, S ^b   Fuhrmann, C ^c   Gravagna, B ^d   Freney, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^d Service de Radiologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 27944440923     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-005-0026-6     Document Type: Article

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