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J Clin Microbiol. 1981 January; 13(1): 120–125. | PMCID: PMC273734 |
Correlation studies of entero-set 20, API 20E and conventional media systems for Enterobacteriaceae identification. K E Aldridge and R L Hodges Abstract The Entero-Set kit (Fisher Diagnostics) is a 20-biochemical-test system used in the identification of members of the Enterobacteriaceae. This kit was compared with the API 20E (Analytab Products) and conventional media systems, using 505 (303 stock and 202 clinical) strains of Enterobacteriaceae. When the Entero-Set and API 20E results were compared with those of the conventional media system, the Entero-Set performed as well as the API 20E in overall identification. Comparison of common biochemical tests among the various systems showed that citrate, arabinose, adonitol, inositol, and malonate gave correlations below 90%. The majority of the discrepancies were found among stock cultures. In addition, most discrepancies occurred with species of Enterobacter, Salmonella, Proteus, Klebsiella, and Serratia. Reproducibility studies showed the Entero-Set system to perform with a high degree of accuracy and reproducibility. Full text Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (1001K), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Links to PubMed are also available for Selected References. Images in this article Click on the image to see a larger version. These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article. - Aldridge KE, Gardner BB, Clark SJ, Matsen JM. Comparison of micro-ID, API 20E, and conventional media systems in identification of Enterobacteriaceae. J Clin Microbiol. 1978 Jun;7(6):507–513. [PubMed]
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