Reply to “Risks of ‘Blind' Automated Identification Systems in Medical Microbiology”

Lars F. Westblade, Rebecca Jennemann, John A. Branda, Maureen Bythrow, Mary Jane Ferraro, Omai B. Garner, Christine C. Ginocchio, Michael A. Lewinski, Ryhana Manji, A. Brian Mochon, Gary W. Procop, Sandra S. Richter, Jenna A. Rychert, Linda Sercia, Carey-Ann D. Burnham Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Department of Pathology, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, North Shore-LIJ Health System Laboratories, Lake Success, New York, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, USA; Department of Clinical Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA