title: An evaluation of the Replireader in the identification of Enterobacteriaceae isolated from urine and in the recording of sensitivity tests performed by an agar dilution method.
abstract: In the Replireader system for identifying Enterobacteriaceae, plates of biochemical media are inoculated with a replicator and the results are put into a computer. The machine correctly identified 92x2% of 734 strains of Gram-negative bacilli isolated from urine; it was incorrect in 0x8% and failed to recognise 7%. The Replireader was also used to record the results of sensitivity tests using a plate dilution method in which the drugs were provided by impregnated filter papers (Adapads).
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003201:Computers; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000295:instrumentation; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology*