[Assessment of a new four-hour diagnostic kit--RapID onE system for the identification of enteric bacteria].

Abstract

RapID onE System is a newly developed four-hour rapid diagnostic kit for the identification of enteric bacteria. To know the effectiveness of this system, we used 125 strains of oxidase-negative, gram-negative bacilli for this evaluation. Except for Acinetobacter calcoaceticus, all the bacilli belong to family Enterobacteriaceae. The bacterial strains of this assessment belong to 12 genera and 20 species. Among them, 84 strains were freshly isolated from clinical specimens and 41 strains were frozen (-70 degrees C) stock clinical isolates. The results show that 115 (92.0%) strains were correctly identifed to the species level. It yielded 92.9% and 90.2% of correct identification of fresh isolates and frozen stocks, respectively. In this paper, the reading criteria of RapID onE System would also be discussed.