Collaborative evaluation of the Abbott yeast identification system.
AUTOR(ES)
Cooper, B H
RESUMO
The Abbott yeast identification system (Abbott Laboratories, Diagnostics Division, Irving, Tex.) is a 24-h, instrumental method for identifying medically important yeasts, based on matrix analysis of 19 biochemical reactions and the germ tube test. The system was evaluated in two clinical laboratories by using 179 coded isolates, which included a high percentage of the less frequently encountered species. Based upon results with these coded isolates and from previously obtained laboratory data, the system software was adjusted and accuracy of the yeast identification system was further evaluated with 378 isolates from clinical sources. Of the 378 clinical yeast isolates tested, 364 (96%) were correctly identified with the Abbott system. Isolates were deliberately selected so that germ tube-positive isolates made up less than 10% of the clinical isolates tested.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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