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Comparison of two commercial systems (Vitek and MicroScan-WalkAway) for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from cystic fibrosis patients.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Apr 2001
Burns J L, Saiman L, Whittier S, Krzewinski J, Liu Z, Larone D, Marshall S A, Jones R N
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Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of cystic fibrosis (CF) isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is difficult because the organisms are often mucoid and slow-growing. This study of 498 CF strains examined the correlation of results derived from two commonly used commercial systems (Vitek, MicroScan-WalkAway) with a reference method for 10 antimicrobials. Correlation to reference results was unacceptably low for...
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