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Evaluation of VITEK 2 for discriminating Trichosporon species: misidentification of Trichosporon non-T. asahii.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Sept 2014
de Figueiredo Dulce Sachiko Yamamoto, de Almeida João Nobrega, Motta Adriana Lopes, Castro e Silva Dulcilena Mattos, Szeszs Maria Walderez, Del Negro Gilda Maria Barbaro
Abstract excerpt
The VITEK 2 system was evaluated for the identification of 74 Trichosporon invasive and non-invasive clinical isolates, comparing its results with the IGS1 sequencing. The system correctly identified Trichosporon asahii but not non-T. asahii isolates, which represented nearly 50% of the invasive...
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