This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Reprints and Permissions Copyright Information Books from ASM Press MicrobeWorld Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Matthews, K R Articles by King, S H Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Matthews, K R Articles by King, S H

 Previous Article  |  Next Article 

J Clin Microbiol. 1990 July; 28(7): 1649-1651

Comparison of Vitek Gram-Positive Identification system with API Staph-Trac system for species identification of staphylococci of bovine origin.

Department of Animal Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37901-1071.

ABSTRACT

Staphylococci (n = 130) of bovine origin representing 14 species were evaluated. Agreements of Vitek and API systems with conventional methods were 44.6 and 80.8%, respectively. The poor performance of the Vitek system was attributed primarily to inability to identify S. chromogenes. Incorporation of additional veterinary strains into the Vitek data base is needed to increase accuracy.

This article has been cited by other articles:

• Stepanovic, S., Dakic, I., Morrison, D., Hauschild, T., Jezek, P., Petras, P., Martel, A., Vukovic, D., Shittu, A., Devriese, L. A. (2005). Identification and Characterization of Clinical Isolates of Members of the Staphylococcus sciuri Group. J. Clin. Microbiol. 43: 956-958 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Bascomb, S., Manafi, M. (1998). Use of Enzyme Tests in Characterization and Identification of Aerobic and Facultatively Anaerobic Gram-Positive Cocci. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 11: 318-340 [Abstract] [Full Text]