title: Evaluation of four commercial test systems for identification of actinomyces and some closely related species.
abstract: We evaluated four commercially available kits for rapid identification of Actinomyces and related species. The kits identified correctly 26 to 65% of "classical" Actinomyces strains to the species level and 13 to 49% of newly described Actinomyces strains to the genus level, thus indicating relatively poor applicability and a need to update these kits.
authors.affiliation: Anaerobe Reference Laboratory, National Public Health Institute (KTL), Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland. anne-marie.santala@ktl.fi
authors.forename: Anne-Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Santala
authors.forename: Nanna
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sarkonen
authors.forename: Val
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Petteri
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Carlson
authors.forename: Hannele
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jousimies-Somer
authors.forename: Eija
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Könönen
mesh_terms: D000190:Actinomyces / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D019992:Databases as Topic; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
chemical_list: D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic