Evaluation of VITEK 2 for discriminating Trichosporon species: misidentification of Trichosporon non-T. asahii.

Authors :: de Figueiredo DS
de Almeida JN Jr
Motta AL
Castro e Silva DM
Szeszs MW
Del Negro GM
Source :: Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease [Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis] 2014 Sep; Vol. 80 (1), pp. 59-61. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 May 21.
Publication Year :: 2014
Abstract: The VITEK 2 system was evaluated for the identification of 74 Trichosporon invasive and non-invasive clinical isolates, comparing its results with the IGS1 sequencing. The system correctly identified Trichosporon asahii but not non-T. asahii isolates, which represented nearly 50% of the invasive infections in our nosocomial setting.<br /> (Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Subjects :: DNA, Fungal analysis
DNA, Fungal genetics
Genotype
Humans
Phylogeny
Reproducibility of Results
Trichosporonosis diagnosis
Mycological Typing Techniques methods
Mycological Typing Techniques standards
Trichosporon classification
Trichosporon genetics
Trichosporonosis microbiology

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