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Evaluation of the revised MicroScan dried overnight gram-positive identification panel to identify Enterococcus
P C Iwen1, M E Rupp, P C Schreckenberger
1Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-6495, USA. piwen@unmc.edu
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|October 19, 1999
Abstract:
The revised MicroScan Dried Overnight Gram-Positive Identification panel was evaluated for its efficacy at identifying Enterococcus species in comparison with conventional biochemical tests. Supplemental testing of ampicillin-susceptible Enterococcus faecium for motility and the ability to acidify methyl-alpha-D-glucopyranoside helped recognize E. gallinarum and increased the accuracy of the panel for identifying Enterococcus species to 98.5%.