TABLE 1.
Comparison of species identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing with those by the two MALDI-TOF systems and the Vitek 2 GN card system
| 16S rRNA gene sequencing (no. of isolates) | MALDI-TOF Vitek MSa (no. of isolates) | MALDI-TOF Bruker Biotyper (no. of isolates) | Vitek 2 with GN card (no. of isolates) |
|---|---|---|---|
| E. meningoseptica (17) | E. meningoseptica (17) | E. meningoseptica (16) | E. meningoseptica (16) |
| Chryseobacterium indologenes (1) | C. indologenes (1) | ||
| E. miricola (18) | E. miricola (18) | E. miricola (17) | E. meningoseptica (16) |
| C. indologenes (1) | C. indologenes (2) | ||
| E. anophelis (51) | E. anophelis (51) | E. meningoseptica (49) | E. meningoseptica (48) |
| C. indologenes (1) | |||
| E. meningoseptica/E. miricola (1) | E. meningoseptica (2) | ||
| E. miricola (1) |
a
Identification was based on a SARAMIS database amended with Elizabethkingia spp. spectra provided to bioMérieux.