Disk Diffusion Methods
Evaluation of the Etest and Disk Diffusion Methods for Determining Susceptibilities of 235 Bloodstream Isolates of Candida glabrata to Fluconazole and Voriconazole
... testing methods for determination of the in vitro susceptibilities of ...the disk diffusion methods to determine the susceptibilities of this relatively fas- tidious species of Candida to both ...
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DETERMINATION OF DRUG RESISTANT STRAINS CAUSING URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MIC AND DISK DIFFUSION METHODS
... The age range of the patients participate in this study was 65.8 ± 0.18 and the most drug resistant in MIC method were seen in patients over 60 years old but this resistance in MIC methods was in 41-60 years old ...
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Multicenter Evaluation of the Etest and Disk Diffusion Methods for Differentiating Daptomycin Susceptible from Non Daptomycin Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Isolates
... the disk diffusion and Etest susceptibility testing methods to detect isolates for which the daptomycin MICs were in the nonsus- ceptible range when tested by the broth microdilution refer- ence ...
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Acinetobacter spp by NCCLS Broth Microdilution and Disk Diffusion Methods
... Antimicrobial Disk Susceptibility Tests: Approved Stan- dard, 8th ...commercial methods for anti- microbial susceptibility testing are verified by comparison to NCCLS reference methods, it is ...
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DETECTION OF icaAB AND mecA GENES IN STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS BY COMBINED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION AND ANALYSIS
... PCR based analysis of 20 S. epidermidis isolates based on mecA and icaAB genes confirmed the result of biofilm formation analysed by spectrophotometric methods and methicillin resistance by disk ...
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Reevaluation of interpretive criteria for Haemophilus influenzae by using meropenem (10 microgram), imipenem (10 microgram), and ampicillin (2 and 10 microgram) disks
... appropriate methods for the in vitro rec- ognition of microorganisms that may not respond to ...and disk diffusion methods, as well as the development of guidelines for quality control (QC) ...
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Correlation of MIC with Outcome for Candida Species Tested against Voriconazole: Analysis and Proposal for Interpretive Breakpoints
... the disk zone diameter histograms, and MIC-versus-zone diameter scattergrams were obtained from the ARTEMIS Global Antifungal Surveillance Program sponsored by Pfizer, ...and disk diffusion (7,301 ...
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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
... and disk diffusion methods performed well for the testing of both fluconazole and voriconazole compared to the broth microdilution MIC reference ...test methods will help to identify ...
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Comparative Analysis of Three Methods for Determination of Imipenem Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
... three methods 100% agreement were observed among the antimicrobial susceptibility results obtained by the E-test and disk diffusion methods (P ≥ ...of disk diffusion method can ...
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Comparison of Nine Phenotypic Methods for Detection of Extended Spectrum β Lactamase Production by Enterobacteriaceae
... phenotypic methods available in the routine laboratory and to evaluate two-step strategies using these methods for the detection of ESBL-positive Entero- ...Two methods used for routine ...
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Comparison of agar dilution, broth microdilution, disk diffusion, E test, and BACTEC radiometric methods for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of clinical isolates of the Nocardia asteroides complex
... testing methods were studied including the agar dilution, broth microdilution, and disk diffusion methods, the epsilometer test (E-test), and the BACTEC radiometric ...testing methods ...
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Comparison of Results of Voriconazole Disk Diffusion Testing for Candida Species with Results from a Central Reference Laboratory in the ARTEMIS Global Antifungal Surveillance Program
... agar disk diffusion method (20) has been used for more than 4 years to monitor the susceptibility of Candida ...voriconazole disk diffu- sion testing is performed in accordance with CLSI M44-A in ...
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Irreproducible and Uninterpretable Polymyxin B MICs for Enterobacter cloacae and Enterobacter aerogenes
... poor diffusion of polymyxins in agar, resulting in inaccurate results by disk diffusion assays, has been well chronicled ...susceptibility methods, has resulted in unacceptable major and very ...
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Multicenter Comparative Evaluation of Six Commercial Systems and the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards M27 A Broth Microdilution Method for Fluconazole Susceptibility Testing of Candida Species
... fluconazole disk diffusion test, we used 25-g fluconazole disks and Mueller- Hinton agar (Eurolab; lot 1116004) with 2% glucose (which accelerates growth of some species, ...
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Comparison of the Susceptibilities of Candida spp to Fluconazole and Voriconazole in a 4 Year Global Evaluation Using Disk Diffusion
... fluconazole disk diffusion testing (12) were based on zones correlated with NCCLS-recommended category breakpoints for the reference broth dilution method ...fluconazole disk interpretive criteria, ...
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<p>Disk-Diffusion Testing Is an Inappropriate Screening Tool for Cephalosporin-Resistant Gonorrhoea Strains in Clinical Practice in China</p>
... the disk-diffusion test when they encounter treatment failure, but many complain that the results of the disk-diffusion test are not useful for their decision-making regarding initial ...two ...
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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
... testing methods; the reference methods used vary and include agar dilution and broth microdilution with polysorbate-80 ...These methods are not recommended, and broth microdilution without ...
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... that disk diff usion is not reliable any more for the determination of susceptibility to ...erent methods, and disk diffusion method could give lower susceptibility rates when compared to ...
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing for Polymyxins: Challenges, Issues, and Recommendations
... The growing threat of infections caused by multiresistant Gram-negative bacilli, particularly in vulnerable patients, has currently forced many physicians to turn to polymyxins. This emphasizes the need for the effective ...
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Susceptibility Testing for the Polymyxins: Two Steps Back, Three Steps Forward?
... standard (8, 9). These comprise a commercial BMD system (Sensititre), gradient diffusion (Etest), and two automated AST systems: Vitek 2 and MicroScan (colistin only). A total of 76 Enterobacteriaceae were ...
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