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Direct Microbial Identification using An Automated Microbial Identification System to Facilitate the EUCAST RAST Method Without Mass Spectrometry
Published on: May 24, 2024
Microarray technology for yeast identification directly from positive blood cultures. A multicenter Italian
Claudio Farina1, Giuseppe Russello, Stefano Andreoni
1Medical Mycology Committee, Italian Society of Clinical Microbiology, Milano, Italy. farina.claudio@sancarlo.mi.it
Abstract:
The authors evaluated the performance of the MycArray™ Yeast ID (Myconostica Ltd, UK) assay in the identification of a total of 88 yeast isolates recovered in culture as compared to that obtained through routine methods. The turn-around time for species identification directly from cultures by the MycArray was 6 hours, much quicker than classical methods and all yeasts were correctly identified. In two cases a double identification including Saccharomyces cerevisiae was noted, but it was not confirmed by culture. The results show that MycArray Yeast ID can be a potential tool for rapid detection and identification of Candida species.
