| Literature DB >> 15679491 |
C Nonhoff1, S Rottiers, M J Struelens.
Abstract
The Vitek 2 system was assessed against reference methods with 197 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Belgian hospitals and 121 clinically significant blood culture isolates of Staphylococcus spp. Vitek 2 identified 95% of staphylococcal isolates correctly, detected oxacillin resistance with a sensitivity/specificity of 99/96%, and showed acceptable accuracy for susceptibility testing of five of eight other evaluable antibiotics. The median time for reporting results was 2 h 45 min for identification and 7 h for susceptibility tests.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15679491 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.01047.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Microbiol Infect ISSN: 1198-743X Impact factor: 8.067