TABLE 7.
Contribution of Nocardia libraries to genus- and species-level isolate identification
| Identification level and center | No. (%) of isolates correctly identified by use of the following library(ies): |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruker | Bruker + NIH | Bruker + OSU | Bruker + NIH + OSU | |
| Species level | ||||
| All centers | 213 (47.3) | 309 (68.7) | 326 (72.4) | 379 (84.2) |
| Center 1 | 78 (52.0) | 104 (69.3) | 112 (74.7) | 125 (83.3) |
| Center 2 | 75 (50.0) | 128 (85.3) | 101 (67.3) | 134 (89.3) |
| Center 3 | 60 (40.0) | 77 (51.3) | 113 (75.3) | 120 (80.0) |
| Genus level | ||||
| All centers | 111 (24.7) | 80 (17.8) | 33 (7.3) | 27 (6.0) |
| Center 1 | 28 (18.7) | 25 (16.7) | 7 (4.7) | 10 (6.7) |
| Center 2 | 40 (26.7) | 10 (6.7) | 21 (14.0) | 6 (4.0) |
| Center 3 | 43 (28.7) | 45 (30.0) | 5 (3.3) | 11 (7.3) |
| No identification | ||||
| All centers | 126 (28.0) | 61 (13.6) | 91 (20.2) | 44 (9.8) |
| Center 1 | 44 (29.3) | 21 (14.0) | 31 (20.7) | 15 (10.0) |
| Center 2 | 35 (23.3) | 12 (8.0) | 28 (18.7) | 10 (6.7) |
| Center 3 | 47 (31.3) | 28 (18.7) | 32 (21.3) | 19 (12.7) |