Preliminary Evaluation of the API 20NE and RapID NF Plus Systems for Rapid Identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei and B. mallei
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- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 43 (1) , 484-487
Abstract
We evaluated the API 20NE and the RapID NF Plus systems with 58 Burkholderia pseudomallei and 23 B. mallei strains for identification of these agents, but neither was reliable for confirmatory identification, with only 0 to 60% strains identified accurately. A greater diversity of strains in the system databases would be beneficial.Keywords
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