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Identification of the emerging pathogen Vibrio vulnificus biotype 3 by commercially available phenotypic methods.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 2004
Colodner Raul, Raz Raul, Meir Irit, Lazarovich Tsilia, Lerner Larisa, Kopelowitz June, Keness Yoram, Sakran Waheeb, Ken-Dror Shifra, Bisharat Naiel
Abstract excerpt
Identification of the emerging pathogen Vibrio vulnificus biotype 3 has become a challenge for clinical laboratories in the last few years. In this study, the abilities of five commercial systems to identify this new species have been evaluated for the first time, using a unique collection of strains. Fifty-one well-documented wild strains of V. vulnificus biotype 3 were processed using API 20 NE, GNI+ Vitek 1...
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