Evaluation of the RapID CB Plus System for Identification of Coryneform Bacteria and Listeriaspp.
- Funke, Guido Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Zürich, CH-8028 Zürich, Switzerland, 1 and
- Peters, Katja Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Zürich, CH-8028 Zürich, Switzerland, 1 and
- Aravena-Roman, Max Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Western Australian Centre for Pathology and Medical Research, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia 2
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- Journal of Clinical Microbiology. - American Society for Microbiology. - 1998, vol. 36, no. 9, p. 2439-2442
English
In a stress test, the recently introduced RapID CB Plus system (Remel Inc. [formerly Innovative Diagnostic Systems], Norcross, Ga.) was challenged with a diverse set of gram-positive rods comprising 345 strains of coryneform bacteria and 33 strains of Listeria spp. representing a total of 49 different taxa. Overall, within 4 h, the system correctly identified 80.9% of the strains on the species level and 12.2% of the strains on the genus level. Only 3.7% strains were misidentified, and for 3.2% of the strains no identification was provided. Difficulties with the system were mainly due to occasional uncertainties in reading reactions for acid production from carbohydrates and, to a lesser extent, aminopeptidase reactions. It is concluded that the system may also perform well under the conditions of a routine clinical laboratory.
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- DOI 10.1128/jcm.36.9.2439-2442.1998
- ISSN 1098-660X
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