Evaluation of the LOGIC system for the rapid identification of members of the family Enterobacteriaceae in the clinical microbiology laboratory.
The LOGIC identification system (J.D. Perry, M. Ford, N. Hjersing, and F.K. Gould, J. Clin. Pathol. 41: 1010-1012, 1988) for gram-negative rods, performed with microdilution plates instead of tubes, was evaluated for strains isolated from all tested specimens except those obtained from stools (for which a different strategy was followed). Systematically extended with the oxidase test and lactose fermentation, it proved to be very reliable and extremely simple and economical.
Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen, Edegem, Belgium.
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D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005285:Fermentation; D006801:Humans; D010088:Oxidoreductases
D010088:Oxidoreductases