Rapid identification of antibiotic-resistant corynebacteria with the API 20S system
- 1 February 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 19 (2) , 245-247
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.19.2.245-247.1984
Abstract
The API 20S system was evaluated for the rapid identification of multiply antibiotic-resistant aerobic diphtheroids. Sixty-eight clinical isolates of multiple resistant Centers for Disease Control group JK and group D2 corynebacteria had API 20S profiles which were clearly different from those of a number of strains of other Corynebacterium spp. which were tested. The API 20S system allowed more rapid identification of antibiotic-resistant diphtheroids than conventional biochemical tests. Its use for corynebacteria other than group JK and group D2 is not recommended at this time.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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