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Comparative evaluation of the VITEK 2 Advanced Expert System (AES) in five UK hospitals.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 May 2003
Barry J, Brown A, Ensor V, Lakhani U, Petts D, Warren C, Winstanley T
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OBJECTIVES: We carried out an evaluation of VITEK 2 in five UK laboratories, comparing results with 'gold standard' agar-dilution MIC data, assessing its ability to recognize resistant phenotypes and comparing results with those generated by routine antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods. METHODS: Laboratories tested a collection of 82 strains selected on the basis of their challenging and characterized...
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