| Have you ever been in a situation where the results of various biochemical reactions performed on gram positive cocci/gram negative fermentative/non-fermentative isolates do not lead to any conclusive identification. Identification is easy when the isolate yield typical results, but becomes confusing as unexpected results are obtained. |
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This (beta) application uses 47 physiological and biochemical tests and can
be used to identify 111 members of Enterobacteriaceae family, 44 tests
to identify 43 Vibrio spp and related members, 67 tests to identify 26
Pseudomonas and related members, 60 tests to identify 72 Gram positive aerobic cocci. I am yet to implement the others. |
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How to use this application? |
There are two provisions in this application:
- You could either identify the isolate depending on physiological
& biochemical tests or
- You could enlist the properties of these organisms.
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All the tests and their results are displayed on the relevant page.
The results are provided in three options; positive, negative and
? in the form of radio buttons. By default, ? button is
checked; it
indicates that the particular test has not been performed. Click on
the corresponding radio buttons. If you have not performed certain
tests, you can ignore them. If you make a mistake while clicking, you can
click on the correct option again. Finally, click on the submit
button. |
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Depending on your input, the application would perform some
calculation and run a scan of database and you would be presented with
name of the isolates along with percentage probability. This means
that there could be more than one result. Performance of the
application depends on correctness and the number of user input. You
can increase the specificity by increasing the number of tests. If you
are not satisfied with the results, you can go back, modify the input
and try again. |
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The second option allows user to select bacteria from the list and all
the properties fed in the database would be displayed.
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