The API 20S Streptococcus identification system and a new immunorheophoresis procedure were evaluated as means for determining the Lancefield serogroup of beta-hemolytic streptococci recovered from human clinical specimens. The serogroup of 96 strains was determined by these methods and by two commercially available latex agglutination tests. Streptex and SeroSTAT. The results of all four proce...

quick identification of vibrio cholerae in epidemics is   important, on the other hand; conventional methods are time-consuming and   costly. the aim of this study was to develop a rapid, inexpensive and high   sensitivity method for quick identification of vibrio cholerae . for   this purpose we designed a pcr detection based on magnetic nanoparticles for   identification of bacterial dna by p...

A total of 150 isolates of Staphylococcus aureus were subjected to the tests on the API Staph system. Of these, 50 were also tested by conventional methods, using the same tests as those found on the API Staph strips. Applying the principles of numerical taxonomy, the relationship between these isolates was 82% and more. Tests for the metabolism of sucrose and N-acetyl-glucosamine and for the p...

Within grid environments, as the number of remote operations increases, the latencies for these operations become a dominant factor for application performance. Bulk operations represent one potential methodology to reduce latencies for large numbers of similar operations. However, the identification of bulks can pose a non-trivial exercise for application developers, often implying changes in ...

A hospital based cross sectional study was done to determine bacterial profile and antibiogram of pathogens causing surgical site infections at Mnazi Mmoja Hospital in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The conducted from May July 2017. We enrolled a total 121 patients who underwent different procedures met inclusion criteria. Pus swabs were collected cultured as per standard operating procedures. Bacterial i...

High-performance liquid chromatography coupled to atmospheric pressure ionization-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (API-ESI-MS) was investigated for the analysis of corticosterone metabolites; their characterization was obtained by combining the separation on Zorbax Eclipse XDB C18 column (eluted with a methanol-water-acetic acid gradient) with identification using positive ion mode AP...