Superiority of Molecular Techniques for Identification of Gram-Negative, Oxidase-Positive Rods, Including Morphologically Nontypical <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> , from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

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Phenotypic identification of gram-negative bacteria from Cystic Fibrosis (CF) patients carries a high risk of misidentification. Therefore, we compared the results of biochemical identification by API 20NE with 16S rRNA gene sequencing in 88 gram-negative, oxidase-positive rods, other than morphologically and biochemically typical P. aeruginosa, from respiratory secretions of CF patients. The API 20NE allowed...

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