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Susceptibility testing and resistance phenotypes detection in bacterial pathogens using the VITEK 2 System.
Polish journal of microbiology - 1 Jan 2005
Stefaniuk Elzbieta, Mrówka Agnieszka, Hryniewicz Waleria
Abstract excerpt
A set of well characterized strains, collected in Polish hospitals, including Gram-negative (n = 93) and Gram-positive (n = 90) isolates was used in the study. The VITEK 2 AST-cards were used in the analysis according to the manufacturer's recommendations. Comparison of the susceptibility data obtained by the standard method and by VITEK 2 cards proved concordant in 99% of cases. Clinically important mechanisms...
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