New test system identifies 193 different yeasts and bacteria known to cause illness

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Title: New test system identifies 193 different yeasts and bacteria known to cause illness

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New test system identifies 193 different yeasts and bacteria known to cause illness

08/21/2013 03:08 PM EDT

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today allowed marketing in the U.S. of the first mass spectrometer system for automated identification of bacteria and yeasts that are known to cause serious illness in humans. The VITEK MS can identify 193 different microorganisms and can perform up to 192 different tests in a single automated series of testing, with each test taking about one minute.

 

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