TABLE 5.
Evaluations of identification cards for GNR on the VITEK 2 instrument
| Reference | Yr of publication | Card evaluated | No. of strains | Bacteria testeda
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% of tests with:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fermenters | Nonfer- menters | Correct results | Correct results with additional tests | Indeterminate results | No identification | Misidenti- fication | ||||
| Present study | 2004 | NGNC | 655 | + | + | 97.3 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 | |
| 2 | 1998 | GNC | 845 | + | + | 84.7 | 3.8 | 9.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
| 4 | 1999 | GNC | 502 | + | + | 85.7 | 11.0 | 1.2 | 2.2 | |
| 6 | 2001 | GNC | 281 | + | + | 95.0 | 2.8 | 2.1 | ||
| 5 | 2001 | GNC | 198 | − | + | 66.6 | 24.2 | 8.6 | 0.5 | |
| 3 | 2002 | GNC | 858 | + | + | 86.1 | 9.2 | 2.9 | 1.7 | |
| 9 | 2003 | GNC | 585 | + | + | 85.8 | 7.5 | 3.6 | 3.1 | |
+, tested; −, not tested.