A case of wound dual infection with Pasteurella dagmatis and Pasteurella Canis resulting from a dog bite - limitations of Vitek-2 system in exact identification of Pasteurella species

Table 1 Differential biochemical characteristics of 3 Pasteurella isolates, Strain-A, Strain-B, and Strain-C*, obtained with IDTest HN20 Rapid panels.

	Strain-A* *Pasteurella dagmatis*	Strain-B* *Pasteurella canis*	Strain-C* *Pasteurella canis*
Acid from:
glucose	+	-	+
maltose	+	-	-
fructose	+	+	+
mannose	+	+	+
mannitol	-	-	-
trehalose	+	-	-
sucrose	+	+	+
lactose	-	-	-
xylose	+	-	-
Nitrate to nitrite	+	+	+
Catalase	+	+	+
Oxidase	+	+	+
Indole production	+	+	+
Urease activity	+	-	-
Ornithine decarboxylase	-	+	+
ONPG# reaction	-	-	-

*: See text in Microbiological Properties of the Isolates for the origins and the backgrounds of respective isolate. #: ortho-nitrophenyl-β-D-galactopyrano side.

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