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    • Infectious Diseases
    • Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

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    • Cefotaxime is a third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic.
    • Accurate antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) is crucial for guiding treatment decisions.
    • Different bacterial species may exhibit varying responses to antibiotic concentrations.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To determine the optimal cefotaxime disk diffusion concentration for Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacteriaceae, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
    • To evaluate the utility of 30-mug and 5-mug cefotaxime disks in routine susceptibility testing.

    Main Methods:

    • Disk diffusion method was employed.
    • Susceptibility testing was performed using cefotaxime disks of varying concentrations (30-mug and 5-mug).
    • Zones of inhibition were measured for Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacteriaceae, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    Main Results:

    • The 30-mug cefotaxime disk provided reliable susceptibility data for Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
    • The 30-mug disk resulted in excessively large zones of inhibition for Enterobacteriaceae, potentially leading to misinterpretation.
    • The 5-mug cefotaxime disk appeared to yield the most informative susceptibility data for Staphylococcus aureus and Enterobacteriaceae.

    Conclusions:

    • Disk concentration significantly impacts cefotaxime susceptibility results.
    • The 5-mug cefotaxime disk is recommended for S. aureus and Enterobacteriaceae, while the 30-mug disk is suitable for P. aeruginosa.
    • Optimizing disk concentrations enhances the accuracy of cefotaxime susceptibility testing.