January 1, 1991Apmis

Grouping of some clinically relevant Gram‐positive rods by automated fatty acid analysis

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Population

194 strains of aerobically growing Gram-positive rods of the genera Corynebacterium, Actinomyces…

Design

Preclinical

Authors

AGA. von GraevenitzRoche (Switzerland)GOGerard OsterhoutJohns Hopkins University JDJames D. DickJohns Hopkins University

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Implication

Fatty acid analysis should not replace biochemical speciation of Gram-positive rods; leaves open validation in clinical isolates.

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Population

194 strains of aerobically growing Gram-positive rods of the genera Corynebacterium, Actinomyces, Arcanobacterium, Erysipelothrix, Listeria, Oerskovia, Nocardia, Rhodococcus, and of unnamed Center for Disease Control (CDC) groups

Intervention

Cellular fatty acid profiling with the Microbial Identification System (Microbial ID, Newark, Del., USA) using 24 or 48 h sheep blood agar cultures

Outcome

Discriminatory ability of the grouping schemesurrogate

Automated fatty acid analysis provides 77.2% discriminatory ability for grouping Gram-positive rods, but biochemical testing remains necessary for speciation.

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Graevenitz et al. (1991) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a705cb778a11c550e0a3ec7 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1699-0463.1991.tb05132.x

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Grouping of some clinically relevant Gram‐positive rods by automated fatty acid analysis

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Grouping of some clinically relevant Gram‐positive rods by automated fatty acid analysis

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