title: Evaluation of VITEK 2 and RapID yeast plus systems for yeast species identification: experience at a large clinical microbiology laboratory.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Microbiologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo F. Vito, 1-00168 Rome, Italy. msanguinetti@rm.unicatt.it
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sanguinetti
authors.forename: Rosaria
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Porta
authors.forename: Michela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sali
authors.forename: Marilena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: La Sorda
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pecorini
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fadda
authors.forename: Brunella
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Posteraro
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer