Evaluation of VITEK 2 Compact and VITEK MS in the identification of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from blood cultures

• Главные авторы: Camila Gabriela da Silva (Автор), Nina R. Tobouti (Автор), Cássia Maria Zoccoli (Автор), Alessandro Conrado O. Silveira (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica, 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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ABSTRACT Introduction: In most clinical laboratories, coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) are classified through their biochemical characteristics using traditional and/or automated phenotypic methods. However, identification by phenotypic method is a great challenge despite the improvement in id...