一種自動細菌鑒別和抗生素藥物敏感檢測系統(tǒng)，被設(shè)計用于在小型～中型實驗室中使用。這套系統(tǒng)已經(jīng)獲得了美國食品藥品管理局的批準。

細菌耐藥性增加是一種挑戰(zhàn)，即時對最有效的抗生素而言，盡早鑒別出耐藥細菌能夠作出積極的調(diào)整措施。法國bioMerieux公司指出，這有助于防止治療失敗，并減少正在出現(xiàn)的耐藥情況發(fā)生。該公司研制開發(fā)了Vitek2 Compact。

Vitek 2 Compact使用多光譜比色儀和透射光學(xué)系統(tǒng)， 檢測微生物在不同培養(yǎng)基和不同濃度抗生素條件下的生長變化。系統(tǒng)分析法則對這些讀數(shù)進行解釋，快速精確鑒別微生物和藥物敏感性結(jié)果。Viteck 2 Compact是根據(jù)Vitek2的已經(jīng)得到證實的相同技術(shù)制作的，但是體積較小。2005年6月美國亞特蘭大舉行的美國微生物學(xué)學(xué)會年會上展示了這套Vitek 2 Compact系統(tǒng)。

bioMerieux公司北美商業(yè)分支高級副總裁Herb Steward說：“微生物實驗室面臨的最重要任務(wù)是快速準確地報道結(jié)果。準確檢測微生物是達到這個目標的第一步，Vitek 2 Compact現(xiàn)在為小型～中型實驗室提供了與我們在市場上占領(lǐng)先地位的Viteck 2系統(tǒng)一樣快速的檢測方法。”
Bacterial Infection Testing System
 
An automated bacterial identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing system is designed for use in small to medium-sized laboratories. The system has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The increase in bacterial resistance is a challenge to even the most-effective antibiotics, and identifying resistance as early as possible allows for the use of active measures and therapeutic adjustments. This helps to prevent treatment failures and reduces emerging resistance, states bioMerieux, S.A. (Marcy l’Etoile, France), the developer of Vitek 2 Compact.

Using multi-spectrum colorimetric and transmittance optic systems, the Vitek 2 Compact detects changes in organism growth under various media and antibiotic concentrations. The system’s analysis algorithm then interprets these readings to provide rapid, accurate translation into microorganism identification and susceptibility results. The Viteck 2 Compact is built on the same proven technology as the Vitek 2 but with a smaller footprint. The Vitek 2 Compact was introduced at the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Atlanta (GA, USA) in June 2005.

“The most important task facing the microbiology laboratory is reporting rapid, accurate, and clinically relevant results,” said Herb Steward, senior vice president, North American commercial operations of bioMerieux. “Accurate microbial detection is the first step in achieving this goal, and the Vitek 2 Compact can now provide the same rapid results to small and mid-sized labs using the same market-leading technology of our Viteck 2.”