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  • Title: Evaluation of Bacterial Diagnostics Kits and Systems at an Instructional Workshop.
    Author: Fung DYC, Goldschmidt MC, Cox NA.
    Journal: J Food Prot; 1984 Jan; 47(1):68-73. PubMed ID: 30925643.
    Abstract:
    Ten commercial bacterial diagnostic systems (AMS, API 20E, AUTOBAC IDX, CATHRA, ENTERIC-TEK, ENTEROTUBE II, MICRO-ID, MINITEK 4 h, MINITEK 24 h and SPECTRUM 10) were evaluated by use of 12 coded enteric bacteria ( Arizona hinshawii , Citrobacter freundii , Enterobacter cloacae , Hafnia alvei , Klebsiella pneumoniae , Morganella morganii , Proteus mirabilis , Proteus vulgaris , Salmonella typhimurium , Serratia marcescens , Shigella dysenteriae and Shigella flexneri ) in two separate workshops (July, 1981 and July, 1982) consisting of 40 participants. Results indicated that most commercial systems provided satisfactory diagnosis (89% to 100%) of these organisms compared to conventional methods. The uniqueness of this study lies in the fact that a group of microbiologists from a variety of geographic locations, training and backgrounds were able to use these systems accurately after only a single exposure to many of the techniques in a workshop environment.
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