title: Evaluation of a fully automated system (RAISUS) for rapid identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Staphylococci.
abstract: RAISUS is a system for rapid bacterial identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. RAISUS and VITEK showed 97.8% and 75.9% agreement in identification of 45 Staphylococcus aureus strains and 58 coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS), respectively, and RAISUS and CLSI (formerly NCCLS) methods showed 87.2% and 87.9% agreement in the MICs for S. aureus and CoNS, respectively. RAISUS provided these data within 3.75 h, suggesting its utility for clinical bacteriological laboratories.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infection Control and Laboratory Diagnostics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aobaku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan. kane2@mail.tains.tohoku.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kanemitsu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kunishima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hatta
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inden
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saga
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ouchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishizawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Harigae
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takemura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaku
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001331:Automation; D004798:Enzymes; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005453:Fluorescence; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004798:Enzymes