title: Evaluation of the Biomic V3 microbiology system for identification of selected species on BBL CHROMagar orientation agar and CHROMagar MRSA medium.
abstract: The Biomic V3 microbiology system identifies bacteria by reading the color of colonies selected by the user. For CHROMagar orientation, Biomic results agreed with conventional methods for 94% of the strains assayed. For CHROMagar MRSA, Biomic correctly identified 100% of the strains tested and did not misidentify two methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strains growing on the plates.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Stanford University Medical Center, Rm. 1602, 3375 Hillview Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. EJBaron@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Ellen Jo
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Baron
authors.forename: Holly
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: D'Souza
authors.forename: Andrew Qi
authors.initials: AQ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Gibbs
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D003116:Color; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media