title: Evaluation of a small "conventional" identification system for fermentative gramnegative rods using a computerized data base.
abstract: A small "conventional" identification system consisting of six tubed media totalling eleven reactions was used to identify 467 strains of Enterobacteriaceae, 15 strains of Aeromonas sp., and 3 strains of Plesiomonas shigelloides. The system identified 371 strains (76.5%) correctly to maximum identification (species or genus) level and an additional 13 strains (2.7%) to genus level where species level identification would have been possible. Ninety strains (18.6%) were not identified. Only 11 strains (2.3%) were misidentified. The system is inexpensive compared with commercial systems and can be used for primary identification of fermentative gramnegative bacteria in a clinical microbiology laboratory. It comes with a computerized data base in the form of an identification manual.
authors.affiliation: Institut de microbiologie, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Siegrist
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Altwegg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wenger
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Isenrich
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: von Graevenitz
mesh_terms: D000333:Aeromonas / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D003470:Culture Media; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007256:Information Systems; D014737:Vibrionaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media