The API ZYM system was compared with four anaerobe identification systems for the definitive identification of Clostridium difficile by using 88 cultures of C. difficile grown on Mueller-Hinton blood agar medium. The API ZYM system yielded a distinct and consistent enzyme profile for all test strains, whereas the sensitivities of the other systems in identifying C. difficile ranged from 78 to 9...

Cone Beam Computerized Tomography (CBCT) enables threedimensional imaging with isotropic resolution. X-ray scatter management is a challenging task for quantitative CBCT imaging : scattered radiation level is significantly high on cone beam systems compared to collimated fan beam systems. The effects of this scattered radiation are cupping artifacts, streaks, and quantification inaccuracies. At...

Answers of OLAP queries often cannot be visualized entirely and the user has to navigate through them to find relevant facts. One possible way to solve this problem is to personalize the queries. The basic idea behind the process of query personalization is that different users may find and see the facts they prefer without having to navigate. In this paper, we propose a framework for personali...

BACKGROUND Commercial diagnostics are commonly used to identify gram-positive bacteria. Errors have been reported mostly at the species level. We have found certain phenotypic criteria used in API systems which significantly misidentify Leuconostoc, an emerging human pathogen, at the genus level. We also attempt to find practical, conventional phenotypic assays for accurate identification of th...

The BBL Crystal Enteric/Nonfermenter System (Crystal) was used to test 25 archived isolates of Yersinia pestis to obtain a unique biochemical profile code for Y. pestis. The revised Crystal system and the API 20E system were compared by using 12 clinical human isolates of Y. pestis. Crystal correctly identified 11 of the 12 isolates, while API correctly identified 7 of the 12 isolates.

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...