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Performance of the Vitek 2 Advanced Expert System (AES) as a Rapid Tool for Reporting Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) in Enterobacterales from North and Latin America.
Microbiology spectrum - 14 Feb 2023
Carvalhaes Cecilia G, Shortridge Dee, Woosley Leah N, Gurung Nabina, Castanheira Mariana
Abstract excerpt
This study evaluated the performance of the Vitek 2 Advanced Expert System (AES) confidence level report as a rapid tool for reporting antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) results for a challenging set of Enterobacterales isolates from North and Latin America. Enterobacterales isolates (n=513) were tested by CLSI broth microdilution (BMD) and Vitek 2 (N802 and XN15 AST cards). Wild-type isolates and...
Topics
- Latin America
- Expert Systems
- beta-Lactamases
- Genotype
- Phenotype
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests