title: Use of the rapid fermentation test in determining carbohydrate reactions of fastidious bacteria in clinical laboratories.
abstract: The rapid fermentation test was used to determine the carbohydrate reactions of some of the fastidious bacteria encountered in clinical laboratories, such as: Haemophilus species, including Haemophilus vaginalis; Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Cardiobacterium hominis; Kingella species; Corynebacterium species; Propionibacterium species; and Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. Results were usually obtained within 4 h by using inocula from 24- or 48-h blood or chocolate agar media.
mesh_terms: D000188:Actinobacillus / Q000378:metabolism; D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000378:metabolism; D004888:Erysipelothrix / Q000378:metabolism; D005285:Fermentation; D006190:Haemophilus / Q000378:metabolism; D011424:Propionibacterium / Q000378:metabolism