Reply to "Risks of 'Blind' automated identification systems in medical microbiology"

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3912-

  Westblade, Lars F ^a,b,c   Jennemann, Rebecca ^d   Branda, John A ^e   Bythrow, Maureen ^f   Ferraro, Mary Jane ^e   Garner, Omai B ^g   Ginocchio, Christine C ^g,h   Lewinski, Michael A ^g   Manji, Ryhana ^e   Brian Mochon, A ^g   Procop, Gary W ⁱ   Richter, Sandra S ⁱ   Rychert, Jenna A ^g   Sercia, Linda ⁱ   Burnham, Carey Ann D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Children's Healthcare of Atlanta ^*  (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Northwell Health   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

ⁱ LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AUTOMATION; DATA BASE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LETTER; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; VALIDITY;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MYCOLOGY; MYCOSES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; YEASTS;

EID: 84886531662     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02349-13     Document Type: Letter

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