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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2000, p. 1127-1130, Vol. 38, No. 3
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Evaluation of autoSCAN-W/A and the Vitek GNI+ AutoMicrobic System for Identification of Non-Glucose-Fermenting Gram-Negative Bacilli

Ling Ling Sung,1 Dine Ie Yang,1,2,* Chia Chien Hung,1 and Hsin Tsung Ho1

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 >= 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.


* 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.


Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2000, p. 1127-1130, Vol. 38, No. 3
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.



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