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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2003, p. 5732-5734, Vol. 41, No. 12
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5732-5734.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Evaluation of Two Miniaturized Systems, MicroScan W/A and BBL Crystal E/NF, for Identification of Clinical Isolates of Aeromonas spp.

L. Soler,1 F. Marco,2 J. Vila,2 M. R. Chacón,1 J. Guarro,1 and M. J. Figueras1*

Unitat de Microbiologia, Departament de Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43201 Reus,1 Laboratori de Microbiologia, Institut d'Infeccions i Immunologia, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica August Pi i Sunyer, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain2

Received 3 July 2003/ Returned for modification 22 August 2003/ Accepted 2 September 2003

Fifty-two clinical strains and 22 type and reference Aeromonas strains, previously genetically characterized by 16S rRNA gene restriction fragment length polymorphism, were identified in parallel with the MicroScan Walk/Away and BBL Crystal Enteric/Nonfermenter systems. The former identified only 14.8% of the isolates correctly, and the latter identified only 20.3% correctly, which indicates that neither of these systems is useful for this purpose.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Departament de Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Spain. Phone: 34-977759321. Fax: 34-977759322. E-mail: mjfs{at}fmcs.urv.es.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2003, p. 5732-5734, Vol. 41, No. 12
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5732-5734.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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