From: Microbiological testing of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics in Egypt
Isolate code | Identification based on conventional biochemical tests | Identification based on API 20E kit | Final conclusion | |
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Result (%ID) | Level of discrimination | |||
1 | Erwinia cacticida or Erwinia dissolvens | Ent. cloacae (94.3 %) | Good | Contradiction (Enterobacter/Erwinia spp.)a |
8A | Providencia alcalifaciens, Providencia rustigianii or Providencia stuartii | Providencia alcalifaciens/rustigianii (72 %) | Very good identification to the genus | Providencia alcalifaciens/rustigianii a |
11A | Ent. aerogenes or K. pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae | K. pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae (97.6 %) | Good | K. pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae a |
11B | Erwinia cacticida | Buttiauxella agrestis (63 %) | Low | b |
12 | Erwinia cacticida or Erwinia dissolvens | Ent. sakazakii (51.1 %), Ent. amnigenus 1 (31.7 %) | Excellent identification to the genus | Contradiction (Enterobacter/Erwinia spp.)a |
54A | Ent. cloacae or Ent. agglomerans | K. pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae (98 %) | Good | c |
54B | K. oxytoca | Ent. sakazakii (99.9 %) | Excellent | c |
55A | Erwinia cacticida or Serratia entomophila | Pantoea spp. 2 (50.7 %), K. pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae (30.4 %) | Low | b |
55B | Ent. amnigenus, Ent. sakazakii or Ent. nimipressuralis | Ent. sakazakii (98.4 %) | Good | Ent. sakazakii a |
56 | K. oxytoca | Ent. sakazakii (99.9 %) | Excellent | c |
82A | Pseudomonas spp. other than P. aeruginosa | Non fermentor spp. (32.1 %), Ochrobactrum anthropi (25.4 %), Bordetella/ Alcaligenes/ Moraxella spp. (24.4 %) | Low | b |