Comparison between broth microdilution and Etest
Comparison of disc diffusion, Etest and broth microdilution for testing susceptibility of carbapenem-resistant P. aeruginosa to polymyxins
... using Etest, Vitek and agar ...with Etest and 30% of very major errors with Vitek ...compared Etest with agar dilution (reference method) for testing sus- ceptibility to ...colistin. Etest ...
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In Vitro Comparison of Ertapenem, Meropenem, and Imipenem against Isolates of Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria and Nocardia by Use of Broth Microdilution and Etest
... A comparison of the discrepant results obtained with taxa with ⬎10 isolates tested by broth microdilution and Etest is seen in Table ...by Etest were less than those performed by ...
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Colistin and Polymyxin B Susceptibility Testing for Carbapenem Resistant and mcr Positive Enterobacteriaceae: Comparison of Sensititre, MicroScan, Vitek 2, and Etest with Broth Microdilution
... standard broth microdilution (BMD) method for MIC testing of colistin ...reference broth microdilution methods for susceptibility testing may not be practical in diagnostic microbiology ...
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Bacillus anthracis: Comparison of Results Obtained by Using the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards Broth Microdilution Reference and Etest Agar Gradient Diffusion Methods
... (NCCLS) broth microdilution reference ...the broth microdilution method were compared to those generated by the Etest agar gradient diffusion ...found between the results of ...
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Antifungal Susceptibility of 205 Candida spp Isolated Primarily during Invasive Candidiasis and Comparison of the Vitek 2 System with the CLSI Broth Microdilution and Etest Methods
... the Etest method and certain discordances depending on the Candida species ...lation between in vivo and in vitro susceptibilities in order to determine the accuracy of all of these results, especially for ...
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Comparison of Polymyxin B, Tigecycline, Cefepime, and Meropenem MICs for KPC Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae by Broth Microdilution, Vitek 2, and Etest
... In conclusion, as multidrug-resistant Gram-negative patho- gens are increasingly the cause of health care-acquired infec- tions, it is imperative that reliable antimicrobial susceptibility testing for these isolates be ...
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Comparison of Broth Microdilution, Agar Dilution, and Etest for Susceptibility Testing of Doripenem against Gram Negative and Gram Positive Pathogens
... MIC values for isolates to doripenem were generated by BMD, agar dilution, and Etest methods. Agar dilution MICs were not determined for S. pneumoniae, since agar dilution is not a recommended reference method for ...
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Comparison of Etest Method with Reference Broth Microdilution Method for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Yersinia pestis
... dilution) between methods was considered to be off the scale for some result comparisons ...an Etest MIC of ...Mueller-Hinton broth (MHB) (Remel, Lenexa, KS) to equal a ...for Etest and disk ...
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Comparison of European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) and Etest Methods with the CLSI Broth Microdilution Method for Echinocandin Susceptibility Testing of Candida Species
... antifungal broth microdilution (BMD) method of the European Committee on Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) and the Etest agar diffusion method were compared with the Clinical and Laboratory ...
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In Vitro Activity of Tigecycline against Gram Positive and Gram Negative Pathogens as Evaluated by Broth Microdilution and Etest
... noted between isolates tested by Etest and BMD primarily among ...direct comparison of testing methodology in the present study identified testing issues for Etest with the same target ...
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Antimicrobial susceptibility of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli: comparison between Etest and a broth dilution method
... diffusion, Etest ® , and dilution methods (broth and agar dilution) ...and broth microdilution in which a microorganism suspension is inoculated with serial dilutions of an antibiotic agent ...
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Activities of Fluconazole and Voriconazole against 1,586 Recent Clinical Isolates of Candida Species Determined by Broth Microdilution, Disk Diffusion, and Etest Methods: Report from The ARTEMIS Global Antifungal Susceptibility Program, 2001
... Comparison of susceptibility test methods by use of a refer- ence BMD method and disk diffusion testing of fluconazole and voriconazole is also an important aspect of the ARTEMIS Program. Figure 1 shows the ...
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Profiling of Nocardia Species and Other Aerobic Actinomycetes from South Africa: Comparative Evaluation of Broth Microdilution versus the Etest
... fact that phenotypic characteristics do not adequately identify the aerobic actinomycete isolates to the species level. How- ever, 16S rRNA sequencing as an identification tool also has its limitations (18) and our study ...
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Comparison of the Etest and the Sensititre Colorimetric Methods with the NCCLS Proposed Standard for Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Aspergillus Species
... (the Etest method) and a colorimetric broth microdilution method (the Sensititre method); and the results were compared with those obtained by the NCCLS proposed standard M-38P method for antifungal ...
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MICs of Selected Antibiotics for Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus thuringiensis, and Bacillus mycoides from a Range of Clinical and Environmental Sources as Determined by the Etest
... Inoculum size and incubation time and temperature. The Etest manufactur- er’s specifications for inoculum size for aerobes is based on bringing the culture to a turbidity equivalent to a 0.5 McFarland standard. ...
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In Vitro Activity of Colistin and Vancomycin or Azithromycin Combinations on Extensively Drug Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates
... Our in vitro study demonstrated the possibility for a vancomycin-colistin combina- tion, where synergy was demonstrated for all isolates tested, however, concern exists regarding its clinical application. But Gordon et ...
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Epidemiology and antifungal resistance in invasive candidiasis
... that they result in similar MIc levels for polyenes, azoles and echinocandins for identical isolates with a few noted exceptions [20-23]. this is especially true if isolates with defined resistance mechanisms are being ...
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Carbapenem Heteroresistance in VIM 1 Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates Belonging to the Same Clone: Consequences for Routine Susceptibility Testing
... or Etest, are not always obtained, and discrepancies in the susceptibility to imipenem and mero- penem of carbapenemase (KPC or VIM types)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates have already been reported (10, ...
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Evaluation of Current Methods for Detection of Staphylococci with Reduced Susceptibility to Glycopeptides
... The Etest, in contrast to reference methods, could be effectively adapted to a higher inoculum and a richer medium such as BHI to optimize the detection of ...The Etest breakpoints of vancomycin at ⱖ8 g/ml ...
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Multicenter Evaluation of the Etest Gradient Diffusion Method for Ceftolozane Tazobactam Susceptibility Testing of Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa
... the Etest, Mueller-Hinton agar II plates (Remel ...the Etest strip was placed on the plate with an applicator or ...C/T Etest (i.e., the Etest reading guide and the supplemental package ...
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