TABLE 2.

Discrepancies between identification with the VITEK 2 system and by reference method

Species	No. of strains tested	Genotype determined by PCR assay	Species identification (no. [%] of strains)		Phenotype (no. of strains) by:
			Correct	Discordant
					Reference method	VITEK 2 method
E. faecium	1	Wild type	1	0
E. faecium	66	vanA	60 (90.9)	6	E. faecium (3)	E. faecium-E. gallinarum
					E. faecium (2)	E. faecium-E. gallinarum-E. casseliflavus
					E. faecium (1)	E. faecium-E. hirae-E. gallinarum
E. faecium	14	vanB	14 (100)	0
E. gallinarum	30	vanC1	30 (100)	0
E. casseliflavus	10	vanC2	9 (90)	1	E. casseliflavus (1)	E. casseliflavus-E. gallinarum
Total	121		114 (94.2)	7 (5.8)