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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2008, p. 311-313, Vol. 46, No. 1
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01610-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Evaluation of the Vitek 2 System with a Variety of Staphylococcus Species{triangledown}

Julien Delmas,1,2 Jean Paul Chacornac,3 Frédéric Robin,1,2 Philippe Giammarinaro,3 Régine Talon,3 and Richard Bonnet1,2*

CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Centre de Biologie, Laboratoire de Bactériologie Clinique, Clermont-Ferrand F-63003, France,1 Université Clermont 1, UFR Médecine, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, EA3844, Clermont-Ferrand F-63001, France,2 INRA, Centre de Clermont-Ferrand-Theix, UR 454, Microbiologie, 63122 Saint-Genes Champanelle, France3

Received 13 August 2007/ Returned for modification 2 October 2007/ Accepted 15 October 2007

The Vitek 2 gram-positive (GP) card was compared with an oligonucleotide array approach for the identification of 190 Staphylococcus strains, including 35 species, isolated from clinical and environmental specimens. The GP card provided a rapid and reliable identification of most species, whatever their origin.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratoire de Bactériologie, 28 place H. Dunant, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France. Phone: 33 4 73 75 49 20. Fax: 33 4 73 75 49 22. E-mail: rbonnet{at}chu-clermontferrand.fr

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 24 October 2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2008, p. 311-313, Vol. 46, No. 1
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01610-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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