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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2000, p. 1127-1130, Vol. 38, No. 3
Departments of
Laboratory1 and Medical
Research,2 MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei,
Taiwan, Republic of China
Received 26 May 1999/Returned for modification 5 November
1999/Accepted 20 December 1999
The autoSCAN-W/A (W/A; Dade Behring Microscan Inc., West
Sacramento, Calif.) and Vitek AutoMicrobic System (Vitek AMS;
bioMérieux Vitek Systems, Inc., Hazelwood, Mo.) are both fully
automated microbiology systems. We evaluated the accuracy of these two
systems in identifying nonglucose-fermenting gram-negative bacilli. We used the W/A with conventional-panel Neg Combo type 12 and Vitek GNI+
identification systems. A total of 301 isolates from 25 different species were tested. Of these, 299 isolates were identified in the
databases of both systems. The conventional biochemical methods were
used for reference. The W/A correctly identified 215 isolates (71.4%)
to the species level at initial testing with a high probability of
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Evaluation of autoSCAN-W/A and the Vitek GNI+ AutoMicrobic System
for Identification of Non-Glucose-Fermenting Gram-Negative
Bacilli
85%. The Vitek GNI+ correctly identified 216 isolates (71.8%) to
the species level at initial testing with a high probability of
90%.
After additional testing that was recommended by the manufacturer's
protocol, the correct identifications of the W/A and Vitek GNI+
improved to 96.0 and 92.3%, respectively. The major misidentified
species were Sphingomonas paucimobilis and
Agrobacterium radiobacter in the W/A system and
Acinetobacter lwoffii, Chryseobacterium indologenes, and Comamonas acidovorans in the Vitek
GNI+ system. The error rates were 4.0 and 7.6%, respectively. The
overall accuracy for both systems was above 90% if the supplemental
tests were applied. There was no significant difference in accuracy
(P > 0.05) between the two systems.
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of
Laboratory, MacKay Memorial Hospital, 92 Chung San N. Road, Section II, Taipei, Taiwan. Phone: 886-1-2-25433535, ext. 2230 and 2234. E-mail: diyang{at}ms2.mmh.org.tw.
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