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Evaluation of the BIOMIC video reader system for routine use in the clinical microbiology laboratory
July 2000
July 2000
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Abstract
The BIOMIC Video Reader System (Giles Scientific, New York, NY, USA) is a semi-automated
AST method that combines disk diffusion testing with automated reading and data interpretation.
We evaluated this system with 497 strains comprising a total of 5821 drug organism
combinations (DOC) from our routine diagnostic laboratory. Additionally, we compared
the time required of the manual and the automated method. The overall agreement of
interpretative categories of all DOC was 96.1%. However, comparing complete tests
the agreement was only 70.8%. The average time required of the BIOMIC system to complete
a test was more than twice as long as that of the manual method. Our data suggest
that the tested version of the BIOMIC system cannot be recommended for routine use
in diagnostic laboratories.