Identification of urinary pathogens by the RAPIDEC ur system.
A commercial method (RAPIDEC ur; bioMérieux UK Ltd, Basingstoke) and an in-house scheme based on conventional tests were compared for the identification of 179 commonly encountered gram-negative urinary pathogens. The methods identified correctly to genus level 97% and 84% of organisms, respectively. RAPIDEC ur was superior at identifying Escherichia coli, due to the detection of beta-glucuronidase activity, but less cost-effective than the in-house scheme.
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Public Health Laboratory, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford.
D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology*