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. 1997 Oct;35(10):2531–2536. doi: 10.1128/jcm.35.10.2531-2536.1997

Multicenter evaluation of the MicroScan Rapid Gram-Negative Identification Type 3 Panel.

S Bascomb 1, S L Abbott 1, J D Bobolis 1, D A Bruckner 1, S J Connell 1, S K Cullen 1, M Daugherty 1, D Glenn 1, J M Janda 1, S J Lentsch 1, D Lindquist 1, P B Mayhew 1, D M Nothaft 1, J R Skinner 1, G B Williams 1, J Wong 1, B L Zimmer 1
PMCID: PMC230005  PMID: 9316902

Abstract

The accuracy and performance of the revised MicroScan Rapid Gram-Negative Identification Type 3 Panel (Dade MicroScan Inc., West Sacramento, Calif.) were examined in a multicenter evaluation. The revised panel database includes data for 119 taxa covering a total of 150 species, with data for 12 new species added. Testing was performed in three phases: the efficacy, challenge, and reproducibility testing phases. A total of 405 fresh and stock gram-negative isolates comprising 54 species were tested in the efficacy phase; 96.8% of these species were identified correctly in comparison to the identification obtained either with the API 20E system (bioMérieux Vitek, Hazelwood, Mo.) or by the conventional tube method. The number of correctly identified isolates in the challenge phase, including new species added to the database, was 221 of 247, or 89.5%, in comparison to the number correctly identified by the conventional tube method. A total of 465 isolates were examined for intra- and interlaboratory identification reproducibility and gave an agreement of 464 of 465, or 99.8%. The overall reproducibility of each individual identification test or substrate was 14,373 of 14,384, or 99.9%. The new Rapid Gram-Negative Identification Type 3 Panel gave accurate and highly reproducible results in this multiple-laboratory evaluation.

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