TABLE 2.
Comparison between results of the conventional identification procedure and the API 20 STREP system for the identification of 406 isolates of catalase-negative, non-beta-hemolytic, gram-positive cocci recovered from milk specimens
| API 20 STREP identification result | No. of results obtained by conventional identification procedures
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enterococcus spp. | S. bovis | S. dysgalactiae | S. uberis | |
| Aerococcus spp. | 48 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Enterococcus spp. | 23 | 14 | 0 | 5 |
| Lactococcus spp. | 11 | 3 | 1 | 24 |
| S. uberis | 13 | 1 | 1 | 69 |
| S. bovis | 0 | 73 | 0 | 0 |
| S. dysgalactiae | 0 | 0 | 93 | 0 |
| Others | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Total | 100 | 103 | 102 | 101 |