Abstract
The Enterobacteriaceae Biochemical Card of the AutoMicrobic system Vitek Systems, Inc., Hazelwood, Mo.) provides completely automated identification of members of this family within an 8-h test period. Identification of 776 clinical and stock isolates to species level by the Enterobacteriaceae Biochemical Card under routine operating conditions correlated at 96% with our present 18- to 24-h methods of identification. Further, utilizing a special program, we investigated presumptive identification of certain organisms within 4-h--an interval that provides greater practical clinical usefulness on a real-time rapid basis. In a single year, 1978, 97% of 23,464 Enterobacteriaceae isolated in our diagnostic laboratory belonged to 11 species of six genera. Our results suggest that, by limiting the number of the identified Enterobacteriaceae that could be actually presumptively reported to those 11 species of six genera. Our results suggest that, by limiting the number of the identified Enterobacteriaceae that could be actually presumptively reported to those 11 species with the highest frequency of occurrence, we could have correctly identified and presumptively reported 83% of these to genus or species after only 4 h. Approximately 2% of the isolates would have been presumptively identified and reported incorrectly, whereas the identification of the remaining 15% would not have been reported before the completed 8-h incubation period.
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