Brigante Gioconda, Menozzi Maria Grazia, Pini Beatrice, Porta Rosaria, Somenzi Pietro, Sciacca Agata, Spanu Teresa, Stefani Stefania
Department of Microbiology, University of Catania, Via Androne 81, 95124 Catania, Italy.
J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Nov;46(11):3826-8. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00877-08. Epub 2008 Sep 10.
The new "low-inoculum" mode of the Phoenix system was evaluated to identify clinical coagulase-negative staphylococci. API ID32 Staph panels were used as comparators, and discrepancies were resolved by 16S rRNA and tuf gene analysis. The system correctly identified 90.5% of isolates, with a mean time of 10.2 h. Accuracy was satisfactory for Staphylococcus epidermidis, S. saprophyticus, and S. haemolyticus.
对Phoenix系统新的“低接种量”模式进行了评估,以鉴定临床凝固酶阴性葡萄球菌。使用API ID32 Staph鉴定板作为对照,并通过16S rRNA和tuf基因分析解决差异问题。该系统正确鉴定了90.5%的分离株,平均鉴定时间为10.2小时。对于表皮葡萄球菌、腐生葡萄球菌和溶血葡萄球菌,准确性令人满意。