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A Reference Broth Microdilution Method for Dalbavancin In Vitro Susceptibility Testing of Bacteria that Grow Aerobically
Published on: September 9, 2015
Evaluation of CLSI agar dilution method and Trek Sensititre broth microdilution panel for determining antimicrobial
Sean X Zhang1, Prasad Rawte, Shirley Brown
1Public Health Laboratories, Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. szhang28@jhmi.edu
Abstract:
Both the CLSI agar dilution method and Trek Sensititre broth microdilution panel for Streptococcus pneumoniae antimicrobial susceptibility testing were evaluated against the reference CLSI broth microdilution method using the most recently published CLSI breakpoints. While agar dilution was not an optimal method, the commercial panel appeared to be an acceptable method, with minor errors encountered for ceftriaxone, penicillin, and meropenem.
