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Evaluation and updating of the Osiris expert system for identification of Escherichia coli beta-lactam resistance phenotypes.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Apr 2005
Bert Frédéric, Juvin Manette, Ould-Hocine Zahia, Clarebout Gervais, Keller Emmanuelle, Lambert Nicole, Arlet Guillaume
Abstract excerpt
Osiris is a video zone size reader for disk diffusion tests that includes a built-in extended expert system (EES). We evaluated the efficacy of the Osiris EES for the identification of beta-lactam susceptibility phenotypes of Escherichia coli isolates. Fifteen beta-lactam agents and three beta-lactam-beta-lactamase inhibitor combinations were tested by the disk diffusion method against 50 E. coli strains with...
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