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Evaluation of rapid carbohydrate degradation tests for identification of pathogenic Neisseria.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 11 ·No. 4 ·1980-04-00 ·Pages 394-7

Pizzuto DJ, Washington JA

Abstract

A total of 156 clinical isolates were tested by the modified rapid fermentation test, the BACTEC Neisseria differentiation kit, and the cystine-Trypticase agar method. The modified rapid fermentation test and BACTEC methods accurately identified at least 95% of 101 strains of N. gonorrhoeae tested and at least 91% of 45 strains of N. meningitidis tested within 4 h. Overall, the cystine-Trypticase agar method was the most accurate (97%) but required as long as 48 h of incubation. The data presented appear to show that rapid carbohydrate degradation tests can provide reliable and specific identification results.

MeSH Terms
Bacteriological Techniques Carbohydrate Metabolism Fermentation Neisseria/classification,metabolism Neisseria gonorrhoeae/classification Neisseria meningitidis/classification
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Pizzuto D J
Washington J A
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of clinical microbiology
Abbr.
J Clin Microbiol
ISSN
0095-1137
DOI
10.1128/jcm.11.4.394-397.1980
Published
1980-04-00
Pages
394-7
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505564
PMCID
PMC273411
Subset
IM
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jcm.11.4.394-397.1980 PMC Full Text View journal details
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