Identification

Bacteriology Identification standards covering techniques used for bacterial identification.

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ID 6 - Identification of Neisseria species

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Issue date: 26 June 2015

Issue number: 3

The syndromic algorithm S 6: sexually transmitted infections provides supporting information related to this UK SMI.

ID 8 - Identification of Clostridium species

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Issue date: 1 March 2016

Issue number: 4.1

The syndromic algorithm S 7: Gastroenteritis and diarrhoea provides supporting information related to this UK SMI.

ID 9 - Identification of Bacillus species

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Issue date: 4 April 2018

Issue number: 3.1

Please note: RUCs for this document is not available.

ID 12 - Identification of Haemophilus species and the HACEK group of organisms

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Issue date: 8 January 2021 

Issue number: 4

The HACEK group refers to

  • Haemophilus species
  • Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (formerly Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans)
  • Aggregatibacter aphrophilus (formerly Haemophilus aphrophilus and Haemophilus paraphrophilus)
  • Cardiobacterium hominis
  • Eikenella corrodens
  • Kingella species

ID 14 - Identification of anaerobic cocci

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Issue date: 4 February 2015 

Issue number: 3

Please note: RUCs for this document is not available.

ID 17 - Identification of Pseudomonas species and other non glucose fermenters

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Issue date: 13 April 2015 

Issue number: 3

Please note that the title has been changed from ‘Identification of glucose non-fermenting gram negative rods’ to ‘Pseudomonas species and other non glucose fermenters’.

ID 19 - Identification of Vibrio and Aeromonas species

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Issue date: 14 April 2015

Issue number: 3

Please note that the title has been changed from 'Identification of Vibrio species' to ‘Identification of Vibrio and Aeromonas species’.

ID 21 - Identification of Yersinia species

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Issue date: 26 June 2015

Issue number: 3

Please note that the title has been changed from ‘Identification of Yersinia species from faece’ to ‘Identification of Yersinia species’.

ID 22 - Identification of VTEC including Escherichia coli O157

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Issue date: 16 May 2023

Issue number: 5

Please note that ID 22: identification of Escherichia coli O157 has changed its name to ‘Identification of vero cytotoxin producing Escherichia coli including Escherichia coli O157’.