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TABLE 3.

Results of testing 58 B. pseudomallei strains by the RapID NF Plus system

Result (n) Profile no. (no. of isolates identified)
Incorrect identificationa (30) 430014 (4)c
430016 (9)c
430204 (1)c
430216 (5)c
530016 (2)d
610016 (2)e
630014 (3)e
630236 (4)f
Not identifiableb (28) 510016 (1)
630016 (7)
630017 (2)
630216 (14)
730016 (4)
a

Correct identifications registered an excellent, very good, good, implicit, satisfactory, or adequate biocode. Probability, >95%.

b

Not identifiable biocodes were the result of a probability overlap between two or more possibilities; additional tests were required or gave an incorrect or unidentified response.

c

Identified as Burkholderia cepacia.

d

Identified as Chromobacterium violaceum.

e

Identified as Comamonas testosteroni.

f

Identified as Shewanella putrefaciens.