title: Evaluation of the Vitek 2 system for identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Staphylococcus spp.
abstract: The Vitek 2 system was assessed against reference methods with 197 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Belgian hospitals and 121 clinically significant blood culture isolates of Staphylococcus spp. Vitek 2 identified 95% of staphylococcal isolates correctly, detected oxacillin resistance with a sensitivity/specificity of 99/96%, and showed acceptable accuracy for susceptibility testing of five of eight other evaluable antibiotics. The median time for reporting results was 2 h 45 min for identification and 7 h for susceptibility tests.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology, Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium. claire.nonhoff@ulb.ac.be
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nonhoff
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rottiers
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Struelens
mesh_terms: D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods*; D010068:Oxacillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D012293:Rifampin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D010068:Oxacillin; D012293:Rifampin