Use of the phoenix automated system for identification of Streptococcus and Enterococcus spp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3263-3267

  Brigante, Gioconda ^a   Luzzaro, Francesco ^a   Bettaccini, Alessia ^a   Lombardi, Gianluigi ^a   Meacci, Francesca ^b   Pini, Beatrice ^a   Stefani, Stefania ^c   Toniolo, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; RNA 16S;

ACCURACY; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; DDL GENE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GKI GENE; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RNA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; ZWF GENE;

AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMANS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS;

EID: 33748758212     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00299-06     Document Type: Article

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