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7050149

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-10-21
pubmed:abstractText
Gram-negative bacilli were identified within 3 to 6 h by determining susceptibility to 18 different antibacterial agents in the Autobac I system and by applying a two-stage quadratic discriminant analysis to the susceptibility patterns. The Autobac system was compared with standard reference methods for identifying glucose nonfermenters and glucose fermenters. Intralaboratory and interlaboratory precision of the Autobac system was comparable to that of the reference methods. Sensitivity (accuracy) and specificity of the two systems were also comparable, although there were some differences with certain species. Autobac responses were considered to be equivocal (needing additional tests) if the relative probability of an accurate identification was less than 0.70. Only 5% of 2,889 strains produced such equivocal results; a similar number of strains gave low probability levels with the reference methods. When the two systems disagreed, an independent reference laboratory arbitrated, confirming 49% of the Autobac responses and 36% of the reference identifications. With equivocal responses excluded, the overall accuracy of the Autobac system was 95.3% compared with 95.9% for the reference method. The respective accuracy estimates would be 93.8% and 93.1% if all first-choice identifications were evaluated.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0095-1137
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1111-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Accuracy and precision of the autobac system for rapid identification of Gram-negative bacilli: a collaborative evaluation.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study