Abstract
The rapid carbohydrate degradation (Carr Microbiologicals Wichita, Kans.) microtube method is a new test system designed for the identification of Neisseria spp. The system consists of four microtubes containing different carbohydrates in a peptone-Bitone basal medium. This method was evaluated for accuracy and speed in identifying species of Neisseria. Of the 386 clinical isolates used in this study, 98.4% were correctly identified to species level in 4 h with the rapid carbohydrate degradation system; parallel testing of the same isolates with conventional cystine-tryptic agar resulted in 96.1% accuracy in 48 h.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
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6 articles.
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