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The use of direct susceptibility tests from BACTEC 9240 to Microscan Walkaway
M Rich1, R M Bannatyne, P Topham
1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. richm@ngha.med.sa
Journal of Chemotherapy (Florence, Italy)
|July 4, 2001
Abstract:
Using a straight-from-the-bottle into-the-instrument technique, a series of direct susceptibility tests were performed with the BACTEC 9240 and Microscan Walkaway systems. Although rapid, unacceptably high error rates were obtained when compared with a standardized method. This procedure is not sufficiently accurate for clinical use.