Utility of the VITEK 2 Advanced Expert System for Identification of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Production in Enterobacter spp | Zendy

Mitchell J. Schwaber | Zendy; Shiri NavonVenezia | Zendy; Inna Chmelnitsky | Zendy; Azita Leavitt | Zendy; David A. Schwartz | Zendy; Yehuda Carmeli | Zendy

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Utility of the VITEK 2 Advanced Expert System for Identification of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Production in Enterobacter spp

Author(s) -

Mitchell J. Schwaber,

Shiri NavonVenezia,

Inna Chmelnitsky,

Azita Leavitt,

David A. Schwartz,

Yehuda Carmeli

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

journal of clinical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349

H-Index - 255

eISSN - 1070-633X

pISSN - 0095-1137

DOI - 10.1128/jcm.44.1.241-243.2006

Subject(s) - enterobacter , cephalosporin , microbiology and biotechnology , enterobacteriaceae , biology , identification (biology) , enterobacteriaceae infections , genetics , antibiotics , escherichia coli , gene , botany

Forty clinical isolates ofEnterobacter spp. were identified as extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) producers by disk diffusion. The VITEK 2 Advanced Expert System (AES) identified the ESBL phenotype in only 25 isolates (62.5%), and erroneously reported cephalosporin susceptibility in 11 isolates (28%). Refinements in the AES are required in order to improve ESBL detection inEnterobacter .

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