Evaluation of VITEK 2 and RapID yeast plus systems for yeast species identification: experience at a large clinical microbiology laboratory.
A total of 750 clinical yeast isolates were evaluated by two identification systems, VITEK 2 and RapID Yeast Plus, using sequence analysis of the rRNA gene internal transcribed spacer regions as the reference method. The VITEK 2 and RapID systems correctly identified 737 (98.2%) and 716 (95.5%) isolates, respectively.
Sanguinetti
Maurizio
M
Istituto di Microbiologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo F. Vito, 1-00168 Rome, Italy. msanguinetti@rm.unicatt.it
Porta
Rosaria
R
Sali
Michela
M
La Sorda
Marilena
M
Pecorini
Giovanni
G
Fadda
Giovanni
G
Posteraro
Brunella
B
D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D009172:Mycology / Q000379:methods*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D015003:Yeasts / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer