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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2005, p. 5808-5810, Vol. 43, No. 11
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.11.5808-5810.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Evaluation of a Fully Automated System (RAISUS) for Rapid Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Staphylococci

K. Kanemitsu,* H. Kunishima, M. Hatta, K. Inden, T. Saga, H. Ouchi, K. Ishizawa, H. Harigae, H. Takemura, and M. Kaku

Department of Infection Control and Laboratory Diagnostics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan

Received 18 May 2005/ Returned for modification 10 July 2005/ Accepted 20 August 2005

RAISUS is a system for rapid bacterial identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. RAISUS and VITEK showed 97.8% and 75.9% agreement in identification of 45 Staphylococcus aureus strains and 58 coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS), respectively, and RAISUS and CLSI (formerly NCCLS) methods showed 87.2% and 87.9% agreement in the MICs for S. aureus and CoNS, respectively. RAISUS provided these data within 3.75 h, suggesting its utility for clinical bacteriological laboratories.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Infection Control and Laboratory Diagnostics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aobaku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan. Phone: 81 (22) 717-7373. Fax: 81 (22) 717-7390. E-mail: kane2{at}mail.tains.tohoku.ac.jp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2005, p. 5808-5810, Vol. 43, No. 11
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.11.5808-5810.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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