TABLE 3.
Results of studies evaluating identification of Yersinia spp. by commercial systems
| Test | Organism | No. of isolates | % Of isolates correctly identified
|
Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus level | Species level | ||||
| API 20E | Y. enterocolitica | 15 | 100 | 100 | 13 |
| Crystal | Y. enterocoliticay | 14 | 100 | 100 | 13 |
| Crystal | Yersinia spp. | 24 | 88 | 12 | |
| Vitek GNI+ | Yersinia spp. | 75 | 12 | ||
| API 20E | Yersinia spp. | 105 | 93 | 4 | |
| API 20E | Yersinia spp. | 183 | 90 | 14 | |
| Vitek GNI | Yersinia spp. | 196 | 96 | 57 | Present study |