Skip to main content
Journal of Clinical Microbiology logoLink to Journal of Clinical Microbiology
. 1979 Aug;10(2):226–230. doi: 10.1128/jcm.10.2.226-230.1979

Clinical laboratory evaluation of automated microbial detection/identification system in analysis of clinical urine specimens.

H D Isenberg, T L Gavan, A Sonnenwirth, W I Taylor, J A Washington 2nd
PMCID: PMC273134  PMID: 389950

Abstract

More than 4,000 clinical urine specimens were evaluated with an automated microbial detection/identification system compared to a standarized manual analysis and the routine modalities used in five peer-group laboratories. The comparison indicates that the automated system recognizes the nine groups of significant microorganisms in urinary tract infections in hospitalized patients with the same efficiency as a standarized manual method. The automated system's ability to enumerate the bacterial populations in the original clinical specimen attained a high degree of accuracy.

Full text

PDF
226

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Isenberg H. D., MacLowry J. D. Automated methods and data handling in bacteriology. Annu Rev Microbiol. 1976;30:483–505. doi: 10.1146/annurev.mi.30.100176.002411. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Smith P. B., Gavan T. L., Isenberg H. D., Sonnenwirth A., Taylor W. I., Washington J. A., 2nd, Balows A. Multi-laboratory evaluation of an automated microbial detection/identification system. J Clin Microbiol. 1978 Dec;8(6):657–666. doi: 10.1128/jcm.8.6.657-666.1978. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Sonnenwirth A. C. Preprototype of an automated microbial detection and identification system: a developmental investigation. J Clin Microbiol. 1977 Oct;6(4):400–405. doi: 10.1128/jcm.6.4.400-405.1977. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Journal of Clinical Microbiology are provided here courtesy of American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

RESOURCES